Fires: ‘Just get us out of here’: Firefighters describe slim escape

Four brave firefighters whose truck was overrun by a bushfire in the state’s south on Tuesday have described their slim escape as “very hairy”. The harrowing video shared by Fire And Rescue NSW went viral on social media overnight. It showed the crew from Station 509 Wyoming in a truck driving through a bushfire south of Nowra.

NSW and Victoria fires live: three more deaths confirmed in Australia bushfires and hundreds of homes destroyed – latest updates

East Gippsland fires claim homes in Buchan, Sarsfield and Mallacoota, and 176 properties lost on New South Wales south coast. Follow live news and latest updates
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Ross Gittins: Why I didn't donate to the Rural Fire Service this time around

Supercell bushfire thunderstorms, tornadoes, fire-whirls and other deadly fires that spin