MILITARY helicopters stopped off in Tamworth on Thursday en route to help in bushfire emergency evacuations further south.
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Three chinooks landed at Tamworth Airport before they headed south in the worsening fire crisis.
The helicopters can carry more than 30 people at a time and took off mid-afternoon on Thursday; flying over Currububula and the Liverpool Plains.
Military personnel plan to rescue 800 people by sea from Mallacoota on Friday morning where they are trapped by bushfire blazing across Victoria's Gippsland region.
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In NSW, mass warnings have been issued for tourists and locals who were told to leave before conditions deteriorate again over the weekend. A seven-day State of Emergency begins on Friday.
Fires in southern NSW have claimed seven lives and destroyed at least 382 homes. One life has been lost in the fires in Victoria with fears for 17 others who are still missing.
- with AAP
