NSW Bushfires: Scott Morrison Takes Aerial Tour of Blue Mountains Mega-Fire

Scott Morrison’s visit to bushfire ravaged NSW has divided locals who battled a “fireball” while the prime minister was on holiday in Hawaii.Mr Morrison on Monday took an aerial tour of the bushland where the Gospers Mountain megafire destroyed dozens of buildings around the Bilpin, Dargan and Clarence areas in the Blue Mountains over the weekend, before arriving in Mudgee to meet evacuated residents and NSW Rural Fire Service members.

Residents fled their homes on Saturday night after the massive Gospers Mountain and Oakey Creek fires joined, creating what locals have described as a “fireball” that tore through the area north west of the Blue Mountains.

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