thanks for link, Jack I hadn't seen a lot of those pics. I've also never seen such an aweful pic as the burnt sheep.

latest report posted 10 mins ago
Firefighters hope to contain 'horrendous' NSW fire Firefighters are working to try and contain a fire burning out of control in a national park in north-western New South Wales that has already destroyed 33 homes.

The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has a watch and act alert for the fire in the Warrumbungle National Park which has already burned 40,000 hectares west of Coonabarabran.

The fire is burning just one kilometre from the township of Bugaldie and is travelling in a northerly direction away from Timor Road and the Siding Spring Observatory, which was damaged on Sunday night.

Five outer buildings were damaged at the $80 million observatory, while the RFS says another 33 properties were destroyed in the Timor Road area.

It says the number of properties destroyed will likely rise as fire crews work through the area but it is a miracle no lives have been lost. (read on)

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