In Depth

Eye on grass fires as Hunter looks towards bushfire season

By Nick Bielby and Sage Swinton
Updated November 10 2020 - 3:03pm, first published August 31 2020 - 9:27am
DANGER: Firefighters monitoring a blaze near Greta in November last year. Picture: Simone de Peak
DANGER: Firefighters monitoring a blaze near Greta in November last year. Picture: Simone de Peak

Fast-moving grass fires are the biggest concern for the Hunter coming into this year's bushfire danger period, the NSW Rural Fire Service says, with a close eye set to be on "high-risk" hot-spots across the region that did not burn during the state's disastrous summer of 2019-20.

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