'The flames were about to jump': The Block's Scott Cam reveals his frightening battle to defend his NSW holiday home from the bushfires
The Block's Scott Cam has narrowly avoided losing his holiday home near Mollymook, on the NSW South Coast, as bushfires continue to ravage the country.
Staying behind to defend the property over the New Year's period, the TV presenter frantically prepped the coastal property for the worst as his three children fled.
Speaking to 9Now on Tuesday, Scott said: 'We were ready to go and had an exit plan to get to Mollymook beach, but just luckily that didn't happen.'
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!['The flames were about to jump': The Block's Scott Cam has revealed the frightening battle he endured to defend his NSW holiday home, near Mollymook, from the Australian bushfires](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/08/00/23127266-7862727-image-a-12_1578443100940.jpg)
'The flames were about to jump': The Block's Scott Cam has revealed the frightening battle he endured to defend his NSW holiday home, near Mollymook, from the Australian bushfires
'The flames were on the other side of the Narrawallee inlet and they were about to jump, and the southerly turned them around,' Scott said of his lucky near-miss.
Ensuring he was ready to evacuate at any moment, Scott said he had a mattress packed into the tray of his ute in case he needed to sleep in it while defending the property or escaping the area.
The Gold Logie-winning presenter prepped the property by setting up sprinklers on the roofs and weighing them down.
'I didn't really turn them on until Saturday afternoon when the southerly came, because we were waiting for embers to come at that point, so I only turned them on for a short time.
'They're still there now up on the roofs, ready to go and we have a generator set up for power and stuff like that,' he said.
!['We were lucky': Scott narrowly avoided losing his holiday home near Mollymook after spending the New Year's period at the property with his family (Pictured on December 29)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/08/00/23127210-7862727-image-a-13_1578443182799.jpg)
'We were lucky': Scott narrowly avoided losing his holiday home near Mollymook after spending the New Year's period at the property with his family (Pictured on December 29)
!['We were ready to go and had an exit plan': Scott ensured his three children fled the location early as he stayed behind to defend the property with a mattress in his ute for a quick escape](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/08/00/23127208-7862727-image-a-14_1578443186605.jpg)
'We were ready to go and had an exit plan': Scott ensured his three children fled the location early as he stayed behind to defend the property with a mattress in his ute for a quick escape
Scott's property portfolio is estimated to be worth around $10million.
His portfolio includes a $5million Vaucluse mansion, a $2million renovated home in Rosebery, a property at a farm near Mudgee, and a coastal residence at Narrawallee on the NSW South Coast.
The father of three purchased the home near Mollymook, in Narrawallee, for $670,000 in 2012.
![Crisis: Australia is battling raging fires across New South Wales and Victoria. Pictured: Fire impacting a property in Bilpin, NSW on December 21](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/06/06/23040866-7855771-image-a-5_1578293790542.jpg)
Crisis: Australia is battling raging fires across New South Wales and Victoria. Pictured: Fire impacting a property in Bilpin, NSW on December 21
An 'unprecedented' state of disaster was declared in Victoria giving the government special powers - used for the first time ever - to impose forced evacuations and give emergency services the right to take over properties.
Neighboring New South Wales also announced a week-long state of emergency on January 2.
The national bushfire death toll has reached 25 people and more than one billion animals, while more than 1,800 homes have also been destroyed.
![Devastation: The national bushfire death toll has reached 25 people and more than one billion animals. Pictured: Aerial photo of smoke in Bairnsdale, Victoria on December 30](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/08/00/22977066-7862727-Devastation_The_national_bushfire_death_toll_has_reached_25_peop-a-39_1578444465435.jpg)
Devastation: The national bushfire death toll has reached 25 people and more than one billion animals. Pictured: Aerial photo of smoke in Bairnsdale, Victoria on December 30
If you'd like to donate to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief, click here.
To donate to the St Vincent de Paul Society appeal for bushfire victims, click here.
For donations to Victoria's Country Fire Authority click here and here for the NSW Rural Fire Service.
To donate to Foodbank click here and here for the World Wildlife Fund.
![Press conference: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has sent in 3,000 Australian Defence Force reserves to help in the bushfire recovery. Pictured during a press conference on January 4](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/01/06/06/22977092-7855771-image-m-3_1578293687166.jpg)
Press conference: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has sent in 3,000 Australian Defence Force reserves to help in the bushfire recovery. Pictured during a press conference on January 4
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