The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) has warned it would be a "miracle" if more homes were not lost tomorrow amid a catastrophic fire danger warning across the south-eastern coast.
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| Roads around Blackheath were closed to an emergency level fire and backburning. |
It is only the second time such a warning, the highest level of bushfire danger, has been issued for the Greater Sydney area since the rating system was introduced in 2009.
Both instances have been during this year's unprecedented bushfire season in NSW, which has already seen blazes tear through 2.9 million hectares.
Tomorrow, the warning will be in place across Greater Sydney, the Illawarra/ Shoalhaven and the Southern Ranges.
Temperatures are expected to peak at the mid-40-degree mark during Saturday's heatwave, with gusty winds and dry conditions exacerbating the 100 blazes burning in the state.
Read the story from The Age by Emma Elsworthy - “NSW bushfires see 'catastrophic' fire danger issued for Greater Sydney, Illawarra and Southern Ranges.”
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