Firefighters in race against time before another difficult bushfire day

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Milder conditions are providing a short reprieve for exhausted firefighters across New South Wales, before dangerous bushfire weather is set to return on Friday.

Milder conditions are providing a short reprieve for exhausted firefighters across New South Wales before dangerous bushfire weather is set to return on Friday.On Friday temperatures are expected to reach the mid-30s on the coast and low-to-mid-40s inlandRainfall has not been enough to extinguish fires and could hamper backburning efforts

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Sgarbossa said cool temperatures would persist until Friday, when heat would rebuild, initially in South Australia before moving into Victoria and NSW. Mr Sgarbossa said conditions would be similar to Saturday, when at least 60 properties were destroyed in NSW.

 

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