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Neighbours have left flowers at the entrance to a northern NSW property where twin girls died following a house fire thought to have started after a candle was left burning, AAP reports.

Police and ambulance paramedics performed CPR on the four-year-old sisters but they were unable to be revived.

Emergency services were called to the single-storey residence on Mafeking Road in the hamlet of Goonengarry, west of Byron Bay, just after 4am on Sunday after reports two children were suffering from smoke inhalation.

Chief inspector Mick Dempsey said the girls had been asleep as the fire started.

“They were found to be unresponsive,” he told Seven News.

“CPR was performed by police and ambulance personnel but unfortunately the two children could not be revived and they have since passed away.”

A woman was also being treated for shock.

Dempsey said a number of adults were outside the premises, in the vicinity of the house, as the drama unfolded.

There was limited damage to the structure of the premises. However there was some evidence of smoke having filled the bedroom, he added.

The building is part of a multiple-occupancy community, police say.

A bouquet of flowers was left outside the entrance to the property on Sunday afternoon with a note that read: “No words mourning with you.”

Detectives will work with fire investigators to determine the cause of the blaze but say initial reports suggest to them that a candle may have been left burning inside the home.

Just a reminder that tomorrow restrictions will ease in NSW further for those who are vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s a useful summary via AAP.

Under the previously flagged changes, there will be no limit on home visitors and as many as 1000 people can gather outdoors.

Hospitality venue density limits move to one person per two square metres, while stadiums, racecourses, theme parks, zoos, cinemas and theatres can operate at 100% of their fixed-seated capacity.

Unvaccinated NSW residents, meanwhile, have to wait until 15 December or when the state reaches a 95% double-vaccination rate to enjoy roadmap freedoms.

NSW is on the brink of hitting 90 % full vaccination of people aged 16 and over, with 89.7% now double-dosed.

It’s still a couple more weeks for Victoria until we get similar easing.

A stone valued at $100,000 has been stolen from a small museum in northern NSW, AAP reports.

An unknown number of people entered the museum in Tingha at about 1am on Saturday, police have been told.

The intruders then stole the stone which is estimated to weigh around 80 kilograms.

The rock is described as being a dark brown smoky quartz grass stone.

A crime scene has been established and police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

There has also been another anti-vaccination protest out in Parramatta, in Sydney’s west today.

Worth noting, NSW’s full vaccination rate for people over the age of 16 is 89.7% as of the end of Friday.

For those aged between 12 and 15, it is currently 80.1% single dose, and 68.6% double dose.

People are leaving flowers outside the home where twin four-year-old girls died following a house fire in Goonengerry, west of Byron Bay on the far-north coast of NSW.

Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy has welcomed Liberal MP Tim Smith’s decision not to contest the next election, following his drink-driving crash last weekend.