Firefighters fear the return of heatwave

By Ilya Gridneff
Updated March 14 2013 - 2:41pm, first published January 11 2013 - 3:00am
EMERGENCY: As flames erupt beside the Princes Highway south of Nowra on Wednesday evening, Bawley Point Rural Fire Brigade members Charlie Magnuson, Ken Fitzpatrick, captain Lloyd Tutton and Alan Harris grab their hoses and prepare to rush towards the flames.
EMERGENCY: As flames erupt beside the Princes Highway south of Nowra on Wednesday evening, Bawley Point Rural Fire Brigade members Charlie Magnuson, Ken Fitzpatrick, captain Lloyd Tutton and Alan Harris grab their hoses and prepare to rush towards the flames.
Guarded moment … Bungendore firefighters take some much-needed time out. Heatwave conditions are set to resume.
Guarded moment … Bungendore firefighters take some much-needed time out. Heatwave conditions are set to resume.

THE NSW Rural Fire Service fears ground they made fighting fires could be lost with temperatures set to soar as conditions worsen across the state this weekend.

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