Overview
- Joint Commonwealth–state assistance is active for the Central Coast, Mid Coast, Upper Hunter, Muswellbrook, Warrumbungle and Dubbo, providing emergency accommodation, essential-needs support and concessional loans.
- RFS assessments confirm 16 homes destroyed and nine damaged at Koolewong on the Central Coast, with at least four homes lost at Bulahdelah and numbers there expected to rise as inspections continue.
- A cool change and light rain allowed authorities to declare major NSW fires under control after peak efforts that saw more than 250 firefighters, 50 trucks and nine aircraft deployed at Koolewong.
- A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service firefighter was killed by a fallen tree during containment work at Bulahdelah, underscoring ongoing hazards for crews.
- In Tasmania, the 700-hectare Dolphin Sands fire is contained after rain, with 19 homes destroyed and 14 damaged, and severe wind warnings continuing as crews extinguish hot spots.