Fire Services Fight Gospers Mountain Blaze Threatening Properties in New South Wales
New South Wales firefighters battled part of the Gospers Mountain ‘megafire’ that was threatening properties in the Hawkesbury region on Tuesday, December 10.
The Gospers Mountain bushfire had been burning for weeks and spread more than 320,000 hectares as of December 11. It has been dubbed a ‘mega fire’ due to the scale of the blaze.
At least 724 homes had been destroyed and 276 damaged during the November-December bushfires in New South Wales, according to a December 11 notification from state’s Rural Fire Service. Credit: Wallacia Rural Fire Brigade via Storyful
