Interstate firefighters join the effort
By Sally Rawsthorne
'We lost a truck' - RFS crew overcome by flames
By Sally Rawsthorne
A firetruck was overrun by flames and destroyed on Friday evening, with the firefighters inside being taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
"We lost a truck - a crew was overrun by fire and got taken to hospital with mostly smoke inhalation," NSW RFS deputy commissioner Rob Rogers told Sky News on Saturday morning.
A fire near Forster that was burning on Thursday remains out of controlCredit:AAP
Thirty five people, including sixteen firefighters, have been injured in battling the intense blazes he said.
"There's a whole range of injuries and some are quite serious - bad smoke inhalation, heart attacks and burns."
'It's not over', RFS warns
By Sally Rawsthorne
Seventy fires continue to rage across the state, with six still out of control.
"It's not over," NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers said on Sky News on Saturday morning.
"There are six emergency level fires and 10 watch and acts. They go from Glen Innes into Walcha down to Port Macquarie and to Taree into Old Bar," he said.
Firefighters protect property from a bushfire on Lakes Way on Friday, North of Forster near the junction of the Pacific Highway.Credit:Dean Sewell
"There's a number of areas still under threat today, but it's still not a great fire day.
"When those afternoon winds start picking up, that will again pose some risks to firefighters and the community. It's not over."
He encouraged people in affected areas to "keep watching TV, listening to the radio, use the Fires Near Me app and know what you're going to do."
'Really bad conditions' forecast for next week
By Sally Rawsthorne
Fire conditions will ramp back up to Friday's level again early next week, NSW RFS deputy commissioner Rob Rogers has warned.
"The big concern is getting as much containment [as possible] ahead of Tuesday, where there's really bad conditions expected, potentially as bad as yesterday," he said on Sky News on Saturday morning.
"There's a huge amount of work today in working out what was lost yesterday, making sure that anyone who is hurt is getting help."
'It's not a great day'
By Sally Rawsthorne
While today is not as bad as yesterday, NSW RFS deputy commissioner Rob Rogers has warned it's "not a great day".
Speaking on Sky News on Saturday morning, Mr Rogers said the volume of fire across the state would be a challenge today.
"The concern is we've got so much fire on the landscape. Some fires we've been working on for six to eight weeks broke containment lines," he said.
"It's not as bad as yesterday, but not a great day."
Firefighters trying to contact people it couldn't reach on Friday
By Sally Rawsthorne
As well as battling the six emergency level blazes that continue to burn out of control today, the RFS will spend the morning making contact with people it couldn't reach yesterday.
"There were a number of people who called for emergency services' help and we could not get trucks or aircraft to those properties. We're trying to access now," NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers told Sky News.
NEWS 8 November 2019. Apocalyptic scenes in Port Macquarie as more than 1000 firefighters battle to protect properties across New South Wales as 15 emergency level fires rage across parts of the state. Supplied: Nine News
"If people haven't got hold of someone, please make sure police are aware of that."
Police to declare a crime scene after body found in burnt out car
NSW Police will declare a crime scene and work towards identifying the person whose body was found in a burnt out car near Glen Innes this morning.
"It was a house that we had identified [as having a missing person], and firefighters did fid someone deceased in a vehicle," NSW RFS Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers told Sky News on Saturday morning.
"Police will now declare a crime scene and take over that from now on."
16 firefighters injured
By Sally Rawsthorne
Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told Nine News on Saturday that of the firefighters battling 90 fires burning across New South Wales, 16 had been injured.
Fire trucks head north along The Lakes Way, north of Forster-Tuncurry.Credit: Kate Geraghty
Sixteen members of the public have also sustained injuries.
One confirmed dead, as firefighters find body in a car at Kangawalla fire
Firefighters have this morning discovered a person's body in a car at the Kangawalla fire near Glen Innes, and are working with NSW Police to investigate the death.
Two people remain unaccounted for.
Meanwhile, it's snowing in Thredbo
By Sally Rawsthorne
As the state's north coast is lashed by out of control bush fires, the Snowy Mountains are living up to their name.
On Saturday morning, so heavy was the snow that Transport for NSW was requiring chains to be fitted to vehicles from Wilsons Valley to Perisher and Thredbo to Tom Groggin.
Live Traffic NSW have issued two warnings of alpine conditions - between Thredbo and Tom Groggin on the Alpine Way and in the Kosciuszko National Park between Perisher Valley and Charlottes Pass.
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