Reinforcements in for NSW bushfires

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Reinforcements in for NSW bushfires

Fire fighting reinforcements will arrive in northern NSW on Tuesday to help crews battling more than a dozen bushfires in the Northern Rivers area.

NSW Emergency Services Minister Nathan Rees says more than a dozen fires are burning in the north, including blazes in the Mooball National Park, Ferndale and Rowlands Creek areas of the Tweed and in the Kyogle area.

There are also fires west of Casino and in the New England region around Armidale and Glen Innes, he said.

"To help out, 10 heavy bushfire tankers and additional volunteer crews will be deployed to the areas tomorrow," Mr Rees said in a statement.

Crews from the Coffs Harbour and Kempsey areas will supplement local firefighters who have been working on fires in the region for the past three weeks.

Additional aircraft will also be moved into the area, but at this stage there are no reports of any property under threat.

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