Yesterday Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: “My only thoughts today are with those who have lost their lives and their families.”
More than 400 schools have closed across NSW as the fires scorched the region.
“Safety remains the number one priority. If it is not safe to travel to school please do not attend and inform the school of your intention,” said Education Minister Sarah Mitchell.
Previously, NSWRFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told ABC the state has “never had this many fires at emergency level.”
On Friday, firefighters found the body of one victim in a burned-out car near Glen Innes, around 340 miles north of Sydney and in the same town on the same day, a woman who was found suffering from severe burns and was rushed to hospital, later died. A third person’s body was found in a burned home near Taree.
