The state’s Rural Fire Service is significantly smaller than the 70,000-strong force it has on paper, private documents show.

Dry lightning is believed to have ignited a blaze that has already burned 19-hectares of the Wadbilliga National Park, ...

Up to 16 homes have been lost as bushfires burn across the NSW Mid North and Central Coasts. As of late Saturday afternoon, there are more than 75 bushfires burning, with 19 yet to be contained, ...