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25/12/2009 16:20:01

Across the Tasman, dozens of firefighters are battling two blazes in the Blue Mountains.

They are burning in a remote area and not yet threatening any houses.

Meanwhile 100 emergency volunteers are on standby with flooding forecast for northwestern New South Wales.

More than 200 millimetres of rain is predicted to fall between Bourke and Bathurst today and tomorrow.

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