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With dreadful weather expected in on Friday, authorities are taking a moment to regroup.
Containment lines are being reinforced before the weather across the nation is expected to deteriorate in the afternoon.
Australian Community Media has a team of journalists across the country working hard to bring readers credible, up-to-date and free information about the fires.
This live blog will bring you stories from our mastheads around Australia and will do its very best to help our readers stay safe and informed.
- The Currowan fire, which has burned through more than 300,000 hectares between Batemans Bay and Nowra, was being controlled
- The Badja Forest Road fire, inland on the NSW South Coast, and the Border Fire, near Eden, continue to burn out of control, although both have been downgraded to advice level
- In Victoria, where the mercury is rising again, 200 people were evacuated from Mallacoota on HMAS Choules, joining more than 1,500 other people from the town.
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