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Mitchell Van Homrigh is a reporter and producer for The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked in radio and television in Queensland before joining the Telegraph in 2019. In that time he has worked as a breaking news reporter, general reporter and night chief of staff. He has extensively covered the state’s worst drought in living memory, the black summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wagga News/AAP. Riverina RFS Officer Peter Bye at Wagga Wagga, 22 January 20120. (AAP Image/Michael Frogley)

Volunteer firefighters’ lucky escape as truck rolls

Six volunteer firefighters had a lucky escape when their truck rolled over in NSW’s south late on Thursday night, with all escaping major injury.

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NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons at a briefing with crews from the United State and Canada who have been recently deployed to NSW. Photo Jeremy Piper

’We will be forever indebted’: US, Canadian fireys farewelled

It was a sad farewell for the 32 US and Canadian firefighters who headed home today after battling the NSW bushfires during a season described as the “darkest summer” in the state’s history

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Probe begins into deadly crash that killed US firefighters

Investigators have begun searching the wreckage of a large tanker aircraft that burst into a fireball in the Snowy Mountains region on Thursday, killing three US crew members.

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RFS boss fights tears as aerial footage of crash site revealed

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons choked back tears as he spoke about the sacrifice North American firefighters had made to protect Australian homes and lives during this unprecedented bushfire season. His comments follow yesterday’s tanker crash which killed three US citizens volunteering in NSW.

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Furniture giant IKEA are recruiting an army of 'tidiers' who will be sent to homes of those looking for help at how to reduce clutter and better use storage spaces. Dulwich Hill mum Jessamine Avila with 10-month-old son Carter at home. Picture: Toby Zerna

How to spark joy and a tidy income at the same time

Want to spark joy tidying the mess of others?Swedish furniture giant IKEA has the job for you.

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Coulson C-130 Hercules Large Air Tanker water bomber - N134CG.Source: https://flightaware.com/photos/view/4828885-47dfd72a3da290111f45afff79cd04c283571d34/aircrafttype/C130

US firefighters dead after NSW water bombing plane crash

Three US residents have died after a water bombing plane on loan to the Rural Fire Service lost contact with ground crews and crashed in strong winds while working on bushfires in southern NSW.

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***MUST CREDIT 9NEWS****Screengrabs from 9News of Ron Coote and his home that burnt down during the fires

NRL great Ron Coote rebuilding his beloved Lake Conjola home

After hours of battling flames, rugby League great Ron Coote thought he had saved his beloved Lake Conjola family home from the bushfires — but embers snuck in through the gutters and burnt it to the ground. Now he plans to rebuild it.

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Nipper, 14, saves lives of four men washed out by rip

A 14-year-old boy has shrugged off claims he is a hero after he rescued four men single-handedly from a notorious beach on the NSW Far North Coast.

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Madalyn’s big future cruelly cut short by cliff fall

The British model who fell to her death from an eastern suburbs clifftop famous for selfies had declared that she was “super excited for her future abroad” just a month ago.

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Woman dies in cliff fall at infamous selfie spot

Tourists have continued to climb safety fences in order to take selfies at Diamond Bay Reserve in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, despite the death of a woman, in her 20s, who fell while watching the sunrise. Another woman fell and died at a nearby location in August.

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