Eighty-three bushfires still burning after day of catastrophic fire threat

Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons speaks to reporters in Sydney, providing an update after New South Wales faced a day of catastrophic fire conditions. Fitzsimmons says 83 fires are still burning across the state, with 50 of them not contained. He says the Liberation fire burning near Nana Glen has a perimeter of 1,000km and will pose a threat in the coming days
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