A Rural Fire Service volunteer firefighter has died this evening, with two others suffering burns while battling the Green Valley fire, 70 kilometres east of Albury.
It is believed that their truck rolled after being hit by extreme winds while battling the Green Valley Fire, one of four emergency fires burning around the state as of 7pm.
A second vehicle working in the area was also blown over, with one RFS volunteer also taken to hospital.
The fire is moving fast due to strong winds, and is increasing on River Road in the Jingelic area, to the northern side of the Murray river.
"Just heartbreaking," Premier Gladys Berejiklian tweeted. "A brave firefighter has lost their life protecting the community east of Albury. Words fail at times like this."
This marks the third RFS volunteer to lose their life during this catastrophic fire season, after Andrew O'Dwyer and Geoffrey Keaton were killed in a motor vehicle accident on the Green Wattle Creek fireground south-west of Sydney in the week before Christmas.
The Dunns Road fire, south-east of Wagga Wagga, was at emergency level until just after 8pm, when it was downgraded to "watch and act".
The other two emergency fires are further south and closer to the coast: the Werri Berri fire in the Bega Valley, and the Myrtle Mountain Road fire in Wyndham.
Eleven fire areas around the state will have total fire bans on Tuesday, including the greater Sydney area.
Matt Bungard is a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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