NSW bushfires see ‘largest mass relocation out of the region’ but people await petrol and supplies

Holidaymakers told to leave the NSW South Coast ahead of dangerous bushfire conditions have been lining up for hours outside petrol stations and supermarkets for supplies.

A “tourist leave zone” has been declared for a 12,235-square-kilometre area between Batemans Bay and the edge of Victoria’s northern border.

It is the “largest mass relocation of people out of the region that we’ve ever …