Lovedale Bushfire Threatens Homes

BY OLIVIA DILLON

More than 70 firefighters and 27 trucks worked to contain a bushfire which broke out at Lovedale yesterday.

The blaze on Talga Road was updated to "Watch and Act" at about 2:10pm when it began threatening nearby properties.

A spokesperson from the NSW Rural Fire Service has told The Newcastle Herald, at its peak, there was a truck positioned at every neighboring home around the then 21-hectare fire. 

It's since been upgraded to a 48-hectare blaze.

It was one of six fires which burned across the Hunter yesterday (Tuesday the 26th of September, 2023) and was brought back to "Alert" level just before 4:00pm. 

Man Impaled On Fencing Machinery At Lovedale

 BY IAN CROUCH

A 70-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition in the John Hunter Hospital after becoming impaled on fencing equipment he was using near Cessnock.

The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to a property at Lovedale on Sunday afternoon.

The aircraft Critical Care Paramedic and a Doctor performed a delicate procedure at the scene to remove the man from the machinery.

He was flown to hospital with abdominal injuries.

Meanwhile, the rescue helicopter was called to Denman where a 10-year-old boy had suffered suspected head and neck injuries after falling from a motorbike.

He was flown to the John Hunter in a stable condition.

And, the chopper crew were called to a property at Cassilis on Saturday where a 38-year-old man had suffered back, shoulder and head injuries after falling from a horse which then rolled on top of him.