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Samantha Lock and Luke Costin

Fire-generated thunderstorm, erratic winds fuels blaze

Police are investigating a fire east of Kempsey that burnt through nearly 3000ha of bushland. (HANDOUT/WOOLGOOLA FIRE AND RESCUE)

Firefighters across NSW have battled through the hottest part of the day with a fire-generated thunderstorm in the Northern Rivers threatening to escalate an already out-of-control blaze's spread.

The thunderstorm formed over a fire in Nymboida, 30km southwest of Grafton, about 5pm on Wednesday.

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