sentences:  In December 2019, Balmoral was affected by the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season when it was struck twice by fires.New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian claimed in a press conference that there was "not much left" of the town, which upset and was disputed by the firefighters involved in efforts to save Balmoral.An early estimate of the damage was that 18 houses, which made up more than 10% of the town, had been destroyed in the fires.