During a visit to fire-ravaged NSW town of Cobargo Prime Minister Scott Morrison copped angry abuse from residents.

Touring the devastated region after a father and son, Robert, 63, and Patrick Salway, 29, were tragically killed defending their home, Mr Morrison planned to meet with locals.

Confronted with the cruel reality of the bushfires, residents began heckling Mr Morrison who was then ushered into a waiting car by staff.

“You won't be getting any votes down here, buddy. Who votes Liberal around here? Nobody,” one resident reportedly yelled.

“Go home to Kirribilli. Why won't that burn down? I don't see Kirribilli burning after the fireworks,” another local yelled.

Extending his hand to a woman in the affected area, Mr Morrison’s gesture was refused which prompted the PM to reach down and grab it himself.

“I’m only shaking your hand if you give us more funding to our RFS. So many people here have lost their home. We need more help,” a woman said.

Another woman said Mr Morrison controlled the funding and her community had been forgotten.

“This is not fair. We are totally forgotten down here,” she said,

“Every single time this area gets a flood or a fire we get nothing.

“If we lived in Sydney or on the North Coast we would be flooded with donations and emergency relief.”

About 150 fires continued to burn in NSW and Victoria on Thursday and at least 18 people have been killed across the bushfire season and more than one thousand homes have been lost, according to 7 News.

Speaking at a press conference in Sydney on Thursday, Mr Morrison acknowledged frustrations felt by those affected.

"What is needed is the co-ordinated response that these agencies planned for in circumstances like this. I understand the frustration, I understand the anxiety,” he said.

“I understand the fear also, but what I also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts who plan and then operationalise these responses to do their job and to give them every support and every resource, from the prime minister to the premier, to the mayor.”