Total Fire Ban for Fourth Day in a Row in the Hunter

BY JESSICA ROUSE

We're in for another scorcher of a day here in the Hunter.

Temperatures will soar into the 40s across the region today - Muswellbrook is expected to see a maximum of 43 degrees, it'll be about 10 degrees cooler on the coast.

Maitland will see 42 degrees, while Wallsend will see 39 degrees.

A Total Fire Ban is in place for the Greater Hunter for the fourth day in a row with severe fire conditions due to the forecast hot and windy conditions.

There are currently 36 fires burning across NSW heading into today, 12 of those are uncontained.

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TOTAL FIRE BAN for the Hunter Ahead of another Warm Day

BY JESSICA ROUSE

It was a rough night's sleep in the Hunter last night, with the temperature still in the mid 30's for much of the region at 9:30pm.

It didn't get much cooler through the night it didn't get much cooler than the low to mid 20's.

It wasn't just hot last night, yesterday saw record temperatures with Nobby's reaching it's hottest day in five years at 41.4 degrees and Williamtown hitting nearly 44 degrees.

We're in for another warm one today with Wallsend expected to swelter through another 42 degree day and Maitland is also in for another hot one with an expected 43 degrees.

With that, the Rural Fire Service (RFS) has declared another Total Fire Ban for the Greater Hunter today.

"That's due to forecast hot, dry and windy conditions expected through parts of those areas today. That means there are no fires in the open and obviously if you want to know further you can visit the RFS website and your best off spending those couples of minutes before we turn up to extinguish any fires you may have and an infringement notice is sent out," said James Morris from the RFS.

"There is still warmer conditions predicted for tomorrow however we will see a cooler change come through on Wednesday which will hopefully bring milder conditions across much of the state and hopefully a small amount of rain in that as well."

For information on any fires near you head to NSW RFS Fires Near Me

TOTAL FIRE BAN in place for the Hunter

BY JESSICA ROUSE

Fire crews will be on high alert in the Hunter today with a TOTAL FIRE BAN in place for the region.

The mercury will soar to 43 degrees in Wallsend, and it'll even be 40 degrees in Newcastle throughout much of the day.

The fire conditions are rated as being Severe due to the hot and dry conditions - the advice from the Rural Fire Service today is to follow your bush survival plan if you need to and remain vigilant.

Ausgrid has cancelled some planned maintenance works across the region.

Works planned for Hexham, Singleton, Pokolbin and Woodville won't be going ahead today. Maintenance planned for Muscle Creek, Aberdeen, Sandy hollow, Keinbah, Myuna Bay and Wakefield will continue, but be shorter than planned so power can be restored by midday.

Total Fire Ban Declared For The Hunter

BY IAN CROUCH

Firefighters are bracing for a challenging day across the Hunter with a Total Fire Ban in force until midnight on Wednesday.

Temperatures are expected to reach the low to mid 30's with northwesterly winds gusting up to 75 kilometres per hour and low humidity .

It comes as a bushfire at Richmond Vale near Kurri Kurri has been brought under control. It's believed the fire broke out as the result of a car fire on Tuesday afternoon

James Morris from the Rural Fire Service says the fire danger is severe.

"We're concerned about any new fire that pop up and any existing fires that have been burning over the past couple of weeks, so our main focus is to make sure they don't re-ignite, to make sure we don;t see any spot fires occurring from these significant winds that we'll be seeing throughout the area today," he said.