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Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said it would be a 'bastard act' if the fires were found to have been started by a firebug. 9News

Vehicles outside were also destroyed."I've just gotta hope I can find my dog," he said.Authorities believe the fire that ripped through Rappville on Tuesday may have been deliberately lit.

Initial assessments suggest 21 homes were destroyed in the Busbys Flat fire and Tuesday's breakout of the Drake fire, as well as two community facilities and 35 outbuildings. The RFS says residents likely won't be able to return home for a number of days given trees are down across roads and power lines are on the ground.Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers said the Busbys Flat fire was merging with another at Drake near Tenterfield.

Some locals are unaccounted for but authorities are working to get in touch with all residents who were forced to flee their properties.

 

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Lock them up along with the climate protestors, taking attention off important issues like this. Protestors probably started it to prove climate change is real.

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