With three fires burning out of control across the Northern Tablelands, emergency services minister Troy Grant hit the ground on Friday.
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He toured the Rural Fire Service headquarters in Glen Innes, with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall.
"There's no doubt that the conditions firefighters have faced across this region have been extraordinary," Mr Grant said while in Glen Innes.
"The fires have been ferocious and have obviously been devastating for the communities."
He said the untold story was while nine houses were lost in the Tingha blaze, RFS crews had managed to save 84 homes.
"Amazing work done by all fire fighting agencies working together there," he said.
Two fires were burning near Tenterfield. The Tabulam blaze flared up on Friday and was again at an emergency warning level.
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Firefighters lost control of the bushfire as it broke containment lines in a number of places, racing towards homes east of Tenterfield.
At approximately 9am the first broke containment lines with a change in wind direction and became very intense, charging towards homes near Fairfield Road, Old Bruxner Road, Leslie Creek Road, Odriscoll Road and Sugarbag Road. It's now headed in a westerly direction.
The Tabulam fire is now being organised out of Casino, which switched from Glen Innes on Thursday night because Casino is closer it allowed the Northern Tablelands fire control centre to focus its efforts on the fire near Tingha.
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The state government has already declared both areas as natural disaster zones.
"There is support and funding ... that we'll be rolling out so we can make sure we can wrap our arms around people, support them, and get them back on their feet."
With the fire season getting longer in recent years, Mr Grant said resources had been increased, while he said was evident by the aerial support that had been used to fight the fires in the region.
"It’s quite harrowing to sit there with people - they have the clothes on their back, they have their vehicle, they have their pets and that’s it," Mr Marshall said.
"It’s not just their house, it’s their home, their family heirlooms - in a couple of cases their businesses. It’s just ruined. A lot of them are still absorbing that."
"I cannot remember a day ever in my life where I’ve ever felt so powerless. Where you’re sitting there listening to people talking and you’re just almost lost for words because these people have literally lost everything."
