Elderly Couple Dead After NSW Bushfire

Local residents are seen near a bushfire burning next to Busby's Flat Road in Busbys Flat, northern NSW, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. AAP Image/Jason O'Brien

An elderly couple is dead and at least 29 homes have been destroyed in bushfires across northern NSW.

Police found the 77-year-old man and 69-year-old woman in their Coongbar home which had been destroyed by fire that was caused by a lightning strike more than a month ago.