The mayor of Lake Macquarie says she's confident locals will band together in the face of bushfires. Source: AAP
LAKE Macquarie Mayor Jodie Harrison says she is confident locals will band together in the face of bushfires that have devastated their Central Coast community.
"To see people from ... really tight-knit villages... at a time of such uncertainty is very sad," she told AAP.
The NSW Rural Fire Service on Friday issued an emergency warning for the Chain Valley Bay Road, including streets off Findlay Avenue, Houston Avenue and Mulloway Road in the Wyong area on Friday.
Up to five historical buildings are feared lost, including the 19th century Wallarah House at Catherine Hill Bay.
Speaking from outside the Swansea RSL, which has been turned into an evacuation centre, Ms Harrison said many of the up to 60 evacuees there were yet to learn whether their homes were still standing.
"There's been about 250 through the evacuation centre," she said.
"The uncertainty is the most unsettling and disturbing thing for people."
She also said the RSPCA had arrived at the centre to care for pets brought in by evacuees, and hotels around the town were allowing people to have their pets sleep inside.
"Some hotels and accommodation centres allowed to bring their pets in against normal policies," she told AAP.
"But other people decided to not even try and slept in their cars."
Two other evacuation centres at Doyalson RSL and Swansea Workers Club are now closed.
A community meeting regarding the Wyong fire will be held on Friday afternoon at Gwandalan Bowling Club, Gamban Road Gwandalan at 4pm (AEDT).
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