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Houson Parish, New South Wales is about 300 km (186 mi) west-northwest of New South Wales's capital city of Sydney, [2] and is on the Goobang Creek. Prior to European settlement, the Houston/Mcphail areas was inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. Major Thomas Mitchell and John Oxley were early explorers in the area.
Fire and Rescue NSW are on hand 24/7 every day of the year available to assist the residents in New South Wales in their times of need. Fire and Rescue NSW work closely with the NSW State Emergency Service to respond to incidents during and following storm/weather events, such as chainsawing downed trees, tarping roofs and pumping out flooded ...
The season also suffered the most human fatalities since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season; 6 died in Western Australia, 2 in South Australia and 1 in New South Wales. 8 deaths were as a direct result of fire, and a volunteer firefighter died due to unrelated health complications while on duty.
Three homes were destroyed by a fire in Noosa North Shore and another two damaged. Another fire in Caloundra burned out 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of bush and farmland and threatened Corbould Racecourse. [20] November. A fire on 6 November in a National Park near Bells Creek burned out 12 hectares (30 acres) of forest before being brought under ...
The bushfires in Warragamba were part of the longest official continuous bushfire emergency in NSW taking place between 21 December 2001 and 13 January 2002 and spreading across the state. Most of these fires were caused by lightning or arsonists. The fire behaviour was unusual in many areas due to extreme dryness of fuel and variable winds.
The explosion happened in Deer Park, a city about 18 miles east of Houston. According to reports from local news station ABC13, the fire spread south under Spencer Highway into the borders of the ...
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Many parts of eastern Australia including Queensland, New South Wales and Gippsland, in Victoria, were already in drought. [1] Above normal fire was also predicted for large parts of Southern Australia and Eastern Australia by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. The forecast noted that Queensland had recorded the ninth driest and fourth ...