Historic train collection and hundreds of homes feared to be in the line of fire at North Rothbury

Lachlan Leeming
October 27 2017 - 7:00am
Fears: Chris Richards said those involved with the Hunter Valley Railway Trust are "petrified" of fire dangers surrounding the museum. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Fears: Chris Richards said those involved with the Hunter Valley Railway Trust are "petrified" of fire dangers surrounding the museum. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The man behind one of NSW’s most extensive historic train collections fears that tonnes of flammable coal waste and dry vegetation have created potentially disastrous fire conditions metres away from hundreds of homes.

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Lachlan Leeming

Lachlan Leeming

Senior Journalist

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