NSW bushfire toll hits 25 after body found

The death toll from NSW's unprecedented bushfire season has climbed to 25 after the body of a 59-year-old man was found in a home on the state's South Coast.

NSW Police say the man's remains were found on Friday in a house in Bodalla, southwest of Moruya, after a bushfire raged through the area on Thursday.

"Officers located human remains in the home which had been completely destroyed by fire," a police spokesperson said in a statement.

"While the body has not yet been formally identified it is believed to be that of the 59-year-old male occupant."

The discovery of the man's body comes after three US firefighters died when their aerial water tanker crashed northeast of Cooma on Thursday afternoon.