 , at least two people died and a woman was missing.Isolated hamlets of Bendalong and Manyana and Cunjurong Point were additionally ablaze, with holiday-makers evacuated on 3 January 2020. , all are still without power., in the Bega Valley Shire, the Border fire that started in north-eastern Victoria was burning north into New South Wales towards the major town of , and had impacted the settlements of and surrounding areas including Kiah, Lower Towamba and parts of .