Woman charged with starting blaze as bushfires rage in northern NSW

A rubbish fire spread to bushland and burned up almost 3,000 hectares, destroying five houses near Tabulam

A woman will face court accused of lighting one of the bushfires that residents and fire crews have spent two days fighting in northern New South Wales.

The 40-year-old was charged on Wednesday night for allegedly lighting rubbish on fire in a steel drum in her backyard near Tabulam in the state’s north on Tuesday morning.

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