Eight fires in 10 days, RFS ask to hold off on burns until windy conditions pass

August 9 2019 - 12:00am
An escaped pile burn along Cope Road, Stubbo, was the seventh in 10 days, photo: Cudgegong RFS District.
An escaped pile burn along Cope Road, Stubbo, was the seventh in 10 days, photo: Cudgegong RFS District.

Local firefighters have battled a rash of eight escaped burns in the region in the space of 10 days, and facing a gusty weekend, the NSW Rural Fire Service is warning residents that the forecast weather coupled with bone-dry paddocks and bushland could push the fire danger to Very High or even Severe levels in some areas.

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