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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Gabriel Fowler

Coalfields fire's toll revealed as crews gain the upper hand

NSW Rural Fire Service staging area. Picture by Selwyn Cox

FIREFIGHTERS continue to patrol the Hunter bushfire which has burned through more than 850 hectares and destroyed five homes.

The fire started in the Coalfields scrub near Abermain on Thursday afternoon and spread to the suburbs of Kurri Kurri, Abermain, South Weston and Pelaw Main.

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