The drought in NSW is allowing fires to start very easily | 7NEWS

"We can not overstate the affect that this profound drought is having, not just on NSW and all of regional and rural NSW, but on the flammability of the fuel. There is an absolute lack of moisture in the soil. An absolute lack of moisture in the vegetation....you are seeing fires start very easily and they're spreading extremely quickly. And burning ridiculously intensely" - Shane Fitzsimmons - NSW Rural Fire Service.

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