Tamworth RFS kept busy with fires on the Oxley Highway and New England Gully Rd with Rapid Aerial Response Team deployed

Breanna Chillingworth
December 4 2016 - 3:30pm
RFS ready: Pilot Nathan Payne, back left, Tristan Laurie, Martin Siddons, winch operator Nathan Pollard, Jim Crosbie, front left, and Dave Ormsby.
RFS ready: Pilot Nathan Payne, back left, Tristan Laurie, Martin Siddons, winch operator Nathan Pollard, Jim Crosbie, front left, and Dave Ormsby.

LIGHTNING strikes kept Rural Fire Service crews on high alert on the weekend with eleven brigades braving scorching temperatures to battle out-of-control blazes.

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Breanna Chillingworth

Breanna Chillingworth

Deputy Editor and Court Reporter

Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter

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