Coolagolite has witnessed many tragedies this year due to the summer's bushfires, both loss of homes and life.
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There was the devastation wrought to the area by the fires on New Year's Eve, then the Badja Forest Road fire flared up again in late January, resulting in more property losses at the locality that lies to the east of Cobargo.
This week a spokesperson for Laing O'Rourke, the lead contractor for the bushfire clean-up, said there were 20 fire-affected properties around Coolagolite.
The spokesperson said clean-up works at the properties were "either complete, underway or soon to be underway".
Coolagolite Rd in particular suffered heavy hits, with a Bega Valley Shire Council spokesperson saying council's records indicated seven dwellings on the road were destroyed and one was damaged, as well as a larger number of outbuildings.
While the council spokesperson did not have data to hand on the number of dwellings on road, they confirmed there are over 20 parcels of land adjacent to the road.
Then there is the body that was found in Coolagolite after the New Year's Eve fires hit the area.
Some six months later there is still yet to be a formal identification made public.
In February, a NSW Police spokesperson said while the body has not yet been formally identified it was believed to be that of a 56-year-old man and that a report would be prepared for the coroner.
The NSW coroner has been contacted for comment, but did not respond with specific information.
Instead, a coroner's court spokesperson supplied a pre-prepared statement that read in part "the unprecedented scale of the bushfires... means that these coronial investigations will be complex and take some time to finalise".
On Monday, there were two active clean-up sites at Coolagolite Rd and a line of at least eight trucks were parked along the road.
"These properties were both asbestos-contaminated, which requires all haulage trucks to be lined with protective hazardous material liners before material is loaded in," a Laing O'Rourke spokesperson said.
"It takes some time to empty and reline trucks so three trucks at a minimum are allocated for each property per day to expedite the removal of debris and minimise turnaround times as waste is being disposed of, ensuring the clean-up can be completed as quickly and safely as possible."
The Laing O'Rourke spokesperson confirmed all waste from this area of the clean-up, including asbestos contaminated material, was being taken to the Central Waste Facility in the Bega Valley.