Residents could do little but watch as a fast-moving bushfire rip through the outskirts of Coonabarabran, in north western NSW.
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At least 12 properties were lost and parts of the Siding Spring Observatory damaged by the inferno.
Photo: NSW RFS
Photo: ALLISON CANHAM
Photo: ALLISON CANHAM
A view of the smoke from Allison Canham's family property near Baradine. Photo: ALLISON CANHAM
Photo: ALLISON CANHAM
Photo: SUSAN ARMSTRONG
Photo: SUSAN ARMSTRONG
Photo: SUSAN ARMSTRONG
Photo: MR_UNICOMB/INSTAGRAM
Siding Springs Observatory.
Photo: SUE ARMSTRONG
Photo: NSW RFS
Photo: MR_UNICOMB/INSTAGRAM
Photo: CANDACE BEARD/TWITTER
Photo: NSW RFS
PHOTOS: Fire bears down on observatory
Photo: BRIAN SCHMIDT/TWITTER
Photo: MR_UNICOMB/INSTAGRAM
Photo: KRISSI AMIET/TWITTER
Photo: NSW RFS
Photo: PAUL DUTTON/TWITTER
Photo: NSW RFS