North West News
RFS DECLARES EARLY START TO BUSH FIRE DANGER PERIOD
A spate of out-of-control hazard reduction burns has forced the Rural Fire Service to start the bush fire danger danger period a month earlier.
From August 1, landholders in the Armidale, Glen Innes, Inverell, Uralla, Tenterfield and Walcha areas will need fire permits.
The RFS says the north of the state has only received half its average rainfall so far this winter, resulting in extremely dry conditions.
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