The Following Roads are Closed Wisemans Ferry to Mangrove Mountain – Wisemans Ferry Road/Settlers Road is closed including Oyster Shell Road at Wisemans Ferry Road and Bloodtree Road at George Downes Drive. Colo River to Milbrodale – Putty Road is closed Colo Heights – Colo...
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FIRE UPDATE 0645hrs Fri 6 Dec – Fire Danger Rating Severe LITTLE L COMPLEX – The Fire returned to Watch and Act level overnight. The fire is burning to the west of Paynes Crossing, Laguna and Wollombi and is moving in an easterly direction towards...
The RFS’ Leanne Bell said triple zero calls for help from people in isolated areas affected by the Little L Complex bushfire would go unanswered. She said we don’t have the resources to take all calls from people in isolated area’s of the lower Hunter...
The following schools will be closes 7th Dec 2019 Paxton Public Ellalong Public Laguna Public School Millfield Public School Congewai Public School We will update the list if more schools are added.
The Cessnock Leagues Club Evacuation Centre Now open for all people evacuating the Little L complex Fires. 1 Darwin st Cessnock. 02 4993 2655
EMERGENCY WARNING: Little L Complex (Singleton LGA) Fire activity is increasing. The fire is burning in an easterly direction towards Yengo Creek Road, and is expected to reach this area this afternoon. The fire may impact on areas around Wollombi, Congewai. If you are in...
The fires near me app has gone a little crazy today users who have set up a watch zone to receive notification of new fires in your area and or to receive updates on current fires, some users are reporting that they receiving the same...
2 men have attempted to rob the newsagency on John St Singleton around 4am this morning armed with a tommahawk and iron bar, a 32 year old employee was able to fight the 2 men off and force them out the door. The 32 year...
HUNTER VALLEY ROAD CLOSURES John Renshaw Drive from Wallsend Street Stanford Merthyr through to roundabout at George Booth Drive is closed. WOLLOMBI ROAD (from Broke to Wollombi), GRETA NORTH ROAD (from Wollombi to Bucketty) YANGO CREEK and STOCKYARD CREEK ROAD closed due to fire activity....
A Message From Wollombi Tavern Due to the increased bush fires in our beautiful valley, all of this weekends live music is now cancelled. Wollombi Tavern wishes to extend a very appreciative thanks to all the brave men & women in the RFS, the guys...
The Air Quality has slipped even lower over night with the AQI now at 209 at the Beresfield Monitoring Station. Anything over 200 is considered to be Hazardous to everyones health. It’s recommended to stay indoors today as Bushfire Smoke can cause serious health problems....
29 year old Luke Gore makes our most wanted list today, he is currently wanted for outstanding warrants in relation to serious domestic violence offences. He is described as being Caucasian in appearance, about 170-175cm tall, with a solid build, brown hair and brown eyes....
Fire Activitie is Watch and Act – Leggetts Drive, Pelaw Main (Cessnock LGA) Fire activity is increasing across the fireground. The fire is moving in a north to north easterly direction towards John Renshaw Drive. If you are in the area of Averys Lane, Stanford...
Do You Know This Woman? – Maitland Police are asking for Community help in identifying a female who may be able to assist Police in relation to a theft from a Maitland retail premises on 29 October 2019. If you have any information that may...
Ceedar Creek Wombat Rescue Hospital is seeing an increases of wombats comming up for a drink and food. Thick smoke throughout the Hunter Valley is having a major affect on our wildlif. With the drought means water is scarce for our wildlife and thick smoke...
Hunter Valley Police District today is warning people about a shonky scam targeting commonwealth bank customer’s via email. The shonky phishing scam first sends the user an email sating that they are commonwealth bank and your transaction history is ready to view. Upon clicking on...
In 2028 Aahliyah was diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive brain tumor (Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes) Emergency surgery was done in an attempt to remove the tumour that was growing rapidly and placing pressure on the left frontal lobe of her brain. The...
Leggetts Dr Fire Averys Lane Emergency Warning Fire Activity has increased Residents are to shelter in place as the fire approaches EMERGENCY WARNING – Leggetts Drive, Pelaw Main (Cessnock LGA) A fire is burning in bushland south of Pelaw Main in the area of Leggetts...
Thus fire is spotting and created a second fire ahead of the main fire. Fire is intensifying at the leggetts drive fire, the fire has been upgraded to watch n act. Strong winds combined with warm temptures are making this fire diffcult to contain. A...
Two fires burning out of control in the Hunter Valley have now joined and continue to burn out of control, the fire is now known as crumps complex fire. The fire has burnt around 900ha in Bushland near Congewai and continues to grow in size....