'Very nasty': Bushfire conditions as bad as 2013 blazes but three weeks earlier

By Peter Hannam
Updated September 23 2017 - 10:05am, first published 10:01am
Drying times: a fire burning along at Richmond Vale earlier this month. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Drying times: a fire burning along at Richmond Vale earlier this month. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

As temperatures climb on another early-season total fire ban day for much of NSW, the latest fuel moisture maps show the region around Sydney is at least as dry as during big bushfires in 2013 - but three weeks earlier in the year.

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