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New heatwave service to forecast extreme heat events

The Bureau of Meteorology is now piloting a new heatwave service to forecast the onset of extreme heat events.

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Campers blamed for Icely Road fire

Central Western Daily  By TRACEY PRISKCAMPERS in the Icely Road area are being blamed for starting a fire that took Canobolas Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews several hours to extinguish on Wednesday morning.

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Newbridge Fire

LOCATION: 88 Jones Road Newbridge

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Twenty years on since the 1994 fires - Seven News Flashback

This month marks two significant anniversaries for the NSW RFS – the tragic January 1994 bush fires which affected large parts of the state, and the January 2013 bush fires which are still having long-lasting effects on local communities.

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Canobolas website provides valuable resources

The Canobolas Zone of the NSW Rural Fire Service website has seen a major increase in traffic in the past year as more people turn to it for local bush fire news.

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Ophir Road fire 'suspicious'

Central Western Daily By NADINE MORTON POLICE are looking for witnesses after a suspicious blaze was started north-west of Orange on Monday morning.

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Cannon Bush Fire

At 15:06 21/12/2013, Canobolas Duty Officers received a 000 call for a grass fire south of Gooloogong. Arriving crews found a rapidly moving fire moving through paddocks.

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Heatwave increases fire risk

Heat wave conditions will be encountered across most of NSW in coming days and this will increase the fire risk across much of the state.

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Renshaw-McGirr Way Fire

Renshaw-McGirr Way fire burnt 80 hectares.

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Boland's Gooloogong Bush Fire

This fire started due to mowing, in yesterday's condition it picked up rather quickly and in a matter of seconds it was running towards the landowners dwelling.

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