The latest figures on the unprecedented bushfires burning across NSW and Queensland
NSW:
*Two people dead in the town of Wytaliba near Glen Innes and seven missing
*A third person confirmed dead after police discovered their body in a burnt-out home north of Taree on Saturday evening
*Wytaliba resident Vivian Chaplain, 69, confirmed as one of the victims
*Second victim found in a car believed to be an elderly man from Wytaliba
* Up to 30 people injured
* More than 150 homes lost with the figure expected to rise
* About 80 grassfires and bushfires still burning with half out of control
* Emergency warnings in place for fires at Hillville south of Taree and Gum Scrub in Port Macquarie
* The prime minister says Australian Defence Force reservists could be deployed
* The Insurance Council of Australia has declared the bushfire crisis a "catastrophe" meaning claims will be prioritised
* No rain is forecast in fire-affected areas this weekend
* Conditions are set to worsen early next week with hot temperatures, low humidity and strong northwesterly winds increasing fire danger
QLD:
* Some 50 bushfires burning with emergency warnings at Cooroibah/Ringtail Creek and Noosa North Shore
* Both are part of the larger Cooroibah fire north of Noosa on the Sunshine Coast
* Up to 9000 people evacuated due to the Cooroibah fire
* One home lost at Cooroibah
* One firefighter suffered a broken leg in the Cooroibah blaze
* It is too dangerous for people to go home to Noosa Banks, Noosa North Shore and areas of Cooroibah and Ringtail Creek
* Some residents of Tewantin were allowed home
* State of fire emergency declared across 42 local government areas
* Major fires also at Tarome in the Scenic Rim, the Thornton fire in the Lockyer Valley and Cobraball, southwest of Yeppoon
* Weather conditions causing severe fire danger across the state's southeast corner are moving north into central Queensland
Australian Associated Press
