The inquiry will commence with an opening address at the Coroners Court of NSW, Lidcombe later this month.

Public hearings have been scheduled to take place at various regional locations.

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In September, the inquiry will travel to Cooma and Queanbeyan and in 2022 it will travel to other parts of regional NSW.

The inquiry is aimed at investigating over 40 blazes which burned through six per cent of the state, took 26 lives and destroyed nearly 2500 homes.

New England communities were among those who still bear the scars of one of the worst bushfire seasons in decades that claimed two local lives.

On the blazing hot, windy afternoon of November 8 2019, twin bushfires tore through the villages of Wytaliba and Torrington.

In Wytaliba, there was no warning. Just two RFS trucks joined the local brigade to hold back a massive wall of flame charging at the speed of a freight train that afternoon.

Most of the community burned to the ground. The mayor of Glen Innes Severn Council Carol Sparks lost her own home badly damaged in the fire. Her son-in-law was among a dozen injured. Two locals were killed.

Across the region in the week that followed, bushfires surrounded Armidale, Walcha, Glen Innes and Tenterfield.

The Coroner's Court will livestream the opening address and all hearings via its website.

Hearings have been scheduled to take place as follows:

Submissions have closed for the Southern Region fires.

Submissions for the Northern and Central Region fires have been extended and will be accepted until Friday, 1 October 2021.

To make a submission, use the online form located here.

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