More Than 50 Homes Torched in Blazes Across New South Wales

An overnight wind change has pushed NSW bushfires in a new direction

A fire near the Pacific Highway, north of Nabiac in the Mid North Coast region of NSW, on Nov. 12, 2019. AAP Image/Darren Pateman

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is “hugely relieved” that no more lives were lost amid a day of catastrophic fire danger in the state.

However the NSW Rural Fire Service have confirmed at least 50 homes were damaged or destroyed on Tuesday, with RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons admitting firefighters were “deflated” by the losses.