{"id":142,"date":"2019-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/uncategorized\/conditions-could-cause-two-central-coast-fires-merge-monster-blaze\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:18:18","slug":"conditions-could-cause-two-central-coast-fires-merge-monster-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/conditions-could-cause-two-central-coast-fires-merge-monster-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditions could cause two Central Coast fires to merge into monster blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<em>Published 6\/12\/2019<\/em>\n\nThe two major fires burning near the Central Coast could merge into a monster blaze, according to an RFS spokesman.\n\nAn RFS team member told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/national\/breaking-news\/fire-danger-downgraded-for-parts-of-nsw\/news-story\/cf381bd2ea9890345516549030dce77f\">news.com.au<\/a> that the fires burning at Gospers Mountain and Three Mile could join together in the coming days to form one large blaze.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a possibility, we\u2019ve already seen a large number of fires merging this fire season,\u201d he said.\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2019-12-06_10_37_49-fires_near_me.png\" \/>\n\n\u201cConditions are so dry that putting out fires is very challenging at the moment. We are just trying to establish containment lines.\u201d\n\nThe Gospers Mountain fire is currently burning in an area of 250,000 hectares, while the Three Mile blaze sits around 11,300 hectares. Should they join together, the fires would cover more than 261,000 hectares.\n\nBoth fires are currently at a Watch and Act level as of 10am this morning.\n\nTo report a fire emergency\n<ul>\n \t<li>Call Triple Zero (000)<\/li>\n \t<li>If you are deaf or have a speech or hearing impairment call 106<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFor information on fires\n<ul>\n \t<li>Check our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfs.nsw.gov.au\/fire-information\/fires-near-me\">Fires Near Me page<\/a>\u00a0for current incidents<\/li>\n \t<li>Listen to local media<\/li>\n \t<li>Check social media such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nswrfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">NSW RFS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nswrfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">NSW RFS Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Bush Fire Information Line &#8211; 1800 679 737<\/li>\n \t<li>If you\u00a0are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment, contact us through the National Relay Service\n<ul>\n \t<li>TTY users phone 1800 555 677 then ask for 1800 679 737<\/li>\n \t<li>Speak and Listen users phone 1800 555 727 then ask for 1800 679 737<\/li>\n \t<li>Internet relay users connect to the NRS then ask for 1800 679 737<\/li>\n \t<li>To report a fire or emergency\u00a0(TTY users only), access TTY 106.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/articles\/mobile-phone-detection-cameras-switched-nsw\">Mobile phone detection cameras switched on in NSW<\/a>\n\nWritten by Kate Stevens\n\nImages: Getty\/RFS Fires Near Me","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published 6\/12\/2019 The two major fires burning near the Central Coast could merge into a monster blaze, according to an RFS spokesman. An RFS team member told news.com.au that the fires burning at Gospers Mountain and Three Mile could join together in the coming days to form one large blaze. \u201cIt\u2019s a possibility, we\u2019ve already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conditions could cause two Central Coast fires to merge into monster blaze - Star 104.5 Central Coast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/best-of-the-web\/conditions-could-cause-two-central-coast-fires-merge-monster-blaze\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conditions could cause two Central Coast fires to merge into monster blaze\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Published 6\/12\/2019 The two major fires burning near the Central Coast could merge into a monster blaze, according to an RFS spokesman. 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