Newell Highway re-opens between Narrabri and Coonabarabran as fire crews battle bushfire in the Pilliga National Park | Update

Billy Jupp
Updated January 23 2018 - 1:23pm, first published 1:00pm
TEAM EFFORT: Rural Fire Service crews have been battling the bushfire in the Pilliga National Park from both the land and air. Photo: NSW RFS
TEAM EFFORT: Rural Fire Service crews have been battling the bushfire in the Pilliga National Park from both the land and air. Photo: NSW RFS

UPDATE

The Newell Highway has re-opened to traffic in both directions between Coonabarabran and Narrabri following the road’s closure due a bush fire in the Pilliga State Forest.

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Billy Jupp

Billy Jupp

Senior Livestock Journalist

Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.

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