Seven people have been confirmed dead since the NSW bushfires flared up on Monday night, with four bodies found today as conditions eased. Authorities said two more people are also believed to be missing, including one occupant whose house was completely destroyed by fire.

Four more bodies were today found by emergency crews, including:

* A man’s body found in a burnt-out car on a firetrail a few kilometres off from the highway at Yatte Yattah, near Lake Conjola, on the south coast;

* Another body was found in a burnt-out car in Sussex Inlet;

* Paramedics discovered a body in Coolagolite, near Cobargo; and

* A man was found dead in a home on Myrtle Gully Rd, Yatte Yatta.

Camera Icon A property destroyed by fire at Cobargo. Credit: News Corp Australia

Authorities also have grave concerns for two missing people - an occupant of a house in Lake Conjola, whose house was destroyed and a 72-year-old off-duty firefighter remains unaccounted for at Belowra, about 50km north west of Cobargo.

Camera Icon Batemans Bay is in total lock down after the bushfires Credit: News Corp Australia

Two of the men killed in the bushfires, who both with babies due, were Samuel McPaul, 28, a RFS volunteer killed by a fire tornado, and Patrick Salway, 29, who died alongside his father Robert, 63, trying to protect the family dairy farm in the Bega Valley town of Cobargo.

The seven people who died since Monday evening has taken the number of deaths this bushfire season to 15.

Camera Icon Patrick Salway, pictured with his wife Renee, died in the bushfires. Credit: Facebook

Camera Icon NSW RFS firefighter Samuel McPaul died in the bushfires. Credit: Supplied

Fire conditions eased on Wednesday after a cool change, bringing gusts of up to 80km/h and dry lightning strikes, crossed the state.

But more than 110 fires continue to burn across NSW on New Year’s Day and losses from Tuesday’s fires are likely to be widespread.

A navy helicopter has flown three people suffering burns from the tiny south coast hamlet of Tinpot this morning.

The civilians were taken to Moruya and the condition is unknown.

Paramedics have managed to get through to another two people suffering burns in Coolagolite, between Bermagui and Cobargo. They are being rushed by road ambulance with an RFS escort.

This comes as residents cried as they returned to their homes in Cobargo to find houses and properties completely destroyed.

Property owner Ange Kane said the town could rebuild all of that but could never replace father Robert Salway and his son Patrick who died in the fire.

“They were good people, good people who did lots for the community,” she told The Daily Telegraph.

“Cobargo can be replaced but we can’t replace those amazing two men that we lost.

“They were amazing two people, lovely two people, great friends and as this unravels we will learn a lot more about those two.”

Camera Icon Cobargo resident Ange Kane outside a burnt-out cafe. Credit: News Corp Australia

Camera Icon RFS volunteers assess the damage in the main street of Cobargo on New Year’s Day. Credit: News Corp Australia

The Salway family has been in Cobargo for generations with a street named after them.

Ms Kane said there were injured animals that need first aid.

“I’ll sort them out but I think some will need the shotgun,” she said.

Resident Shona Taranto returned to the town and was in tears as she saw her shop flattened.

She had been running The Dispensary neuropathy and health advice shop for four and a half years with Jason Symington.

They also run a salad nursery nearby.

Camera Icon Satellite footage showing how the smoke from the NSW bushfires reached New Zealand's South Island. Credit: Supplied

Camera Icon A tractor still on fire today in the backyard of a destroyed property in Cobargo. Credit: News Corp Australia

Even though the fire had passed, the struggles of living in burnt out community was just becoming real.

There is no power in Cobargo, or at Bermagui 20 minutes south.

On Tuesday service stations were out of fuel and other stations were reserving petrol for the RFS.

To the north, the road is closed to Narooma and even if they make it there the service stations are closed because there is no power.

Tom O’Mearo said his property was saved by the winds.

“It was going to the north of us and to the south us,” he said.

“Looking at this (the town) we were very lucky.”

Camera Icon The morning after a devastating blaze destroyed homes and businesses in the small town of Cobargo. Shona Taranto is comforted by Tim O'Mearo. Credit: News Corp Australia

It is believed up to 50 properties around Lake Conjola have reportedly been destroyed after fires ripped through the area on Tuesday with significant loses also expected in Fishermans Paradise, Broulee and Mogo.

At last count, 916 homes have been confirmed destroyed since July, with 8159 saved by the RFS and other fire crews.

Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons on Wednesday said there were “heavy tolls” in terms of property damage and destruction, particularly in areas of south of Nowra, around Batemans Bay and in Cobargo.

“Not only are we seeing outbuildings and homes but we’re seeing considerable community infrastructure (destroyed),” Mr Fitzsimmons said.

“We’re looking at businesses, halls, there’s reports of a number of schools, two or three schools that have been heavily impacted.”

Property inspectors would tour fire sites across NSW throughout Wednesday and authorities would be seeking to clear and open arterial roads.

However, dangerous fire conditions would return on Saturday.

“We are assuming that on Saturday weather conditions will be at least as bad as what they were yesterday,” Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

“That is something all of us have to brace ourselves for.”

Some of the worst-affected communities along the coast battled bushfires into Tuesday night with no power and limited telecommunications.

All power had been lost from South Nowra to Moruya and “potentially beyond”, affecting at least 46,000 people and the supported telecoms network.

Meanwhile major roads, including several parts of the Princes Highway, are likely to remain closed for some time due to hazards, trapping some holiday-makers.

Ms Berejiklian plans to visit south coast communities on Wednesday, while the federal government has made disaster recovery assistance available to five south coast regions, including Bega Valley and Snowy Valleys.

NSW Police said power had been lost from South Nowra to Moruya and “potentially beyond” on Tuesday, affecting at least 46,000 people.

The outage also affected communication lines, including landlines and internet. Endeavour Energy on Wednesday said more than 18,000 of its customers remained powerless and were likely to remain so for some time.

At least 40 power poles have been destroyed, as have conductors. The RFS must grant workers permission to access the scorched areas.