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Black Summer
For months, the experts had known this summer of flame was coming. Along the South Coast, many places had had their lowest winter rainfall on record. In the state’s north-east, mean daily maximum temperatures over winter were unusually high. Virtually the entire state had been in drought since 2018.
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Burning properties in Rainbow Flat after the Hillville Fire broke containment lines and crossed the Pacific Highway. Several homes and countless structures were lost in the area. The remains of a truck is left to burn on the Pacific Highway after fire closed the Highway. Credit:Dean Sewell
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A home is engulfed in flames along the Bells Line of Road near Bilpin.Credit:Nick Moir
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The LAT (Large Aerial Tanker), a custom fire fighting 737 dumps water on a bushfire south of Port Macquarie. Credit:Nick Moir
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A building burns on Greys Rd Failford on the Mid North Coast. Credit:Nick Moir
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Spot fires threaten to overwhelm RFS volunteer firefighters at the Hillville fire on the NSW Mid north coast. Credit:Nick Moir
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A flare up of the Hillville Fire near Hillville. Credit:Dean Sewell
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A koala undergoes treament for its burns and scars at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital.Credit:Aidan Kean
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The Gospers Mountain Fire overran Colo Heights at Wheelbarrow and Putty Road.Credit:Dean Sewell
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The Gospers Mountain Fire overran Colo Heights at Wheelbarrow and Putty Road.Credit:Dean Sewell
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RFS fire fighters in property protection mode on the Klein's property on Wheelbarrow Rd, Colo Heights. Credit:Dean Sewell
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The Green Wattle fire as it bore down on Orangeville in Sydney's far south west.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fire erupts from the bush almost crossing Silverdale Road at Orangeville. Credit:Nick Moir
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Property overwhelmed by flames at the bushfire in Orangeville.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fires engulf a property in Buxton.Credit:Dean Sewell
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The moment the Gospers Mountain fire hammered Bilpin around the "Tutti Frutti" shop. Credit:Nick Moir
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The formation of a Pyrocumulus cloud from the fire that tore through Dargan, west of Bell, in the Blue Mountains.Credit:Dean Sewell
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers visit The Darling Causeway, Mt Victoria.Credit:James Brickwood
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison tours the bushfire affected regions of the Blue Mountains.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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RFS firefighters take a rest before deteriorating weather conditions set upon Leura, The Blue Mountains.Credit:Dean Sewell
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A property in Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast, is engulfed by flames. Credit:James Brickwood