Five serious fires in Hunter region in four days, Fire and Rescue NSW urges winter fire safety

By Nick Bielby
Updated August 3 2021 - 8:35am, first published July 31 2021 - 9:47am
Gutted: The fire at Muswellbrook on Wednesday morning. Picture: Fire and Rescue NSW
Gutted: The fire at Muswellbrook on Wednesday morning. Picture: Fire and Rescue NSW

People in the Upper Hunter are being urged to remember the importance of winter fire safety, after five serious blazes across the region in four days - one claiming the life of a 55-year-old man, three others destroying homes and another leaving an elderly woman in hospital.

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