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| NSW fires: 'very dangerous day' for bushfires as Sydney shrouded in smoke and temperatures soar – live | NSW fires: 'very dangerous day' for bushfires as Sydney shrouded in smoke and temperatures soar – live |
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| Almost 3,000 firefighters across New South Wales will be deployed as more than 80 bushfires continue to burn and temperatures are expected to hit 40C. Follow all the latest updates | Almost 3,000 firefighters across New South Wales will be deployed as more than 80 bushfires continue to burn and temperatures are expected to hit 40C. Follow all the latest updates |
| Our Canberra photographer Mike Bowers took these shots of the sun setting through a cloud of bushfire smoke hanging over Parliament House on Monday evening. | |
| Andy Ball has made several updates to our map which demonstrates the immense scale of the bushfires. The area burned in NSW and Queensland is now a staggering 2.9m hectares, which is larger than many small countries – somewhere around the size of Albania. | |
| We also had many requests from people to add more locations for comparison, so it is now possible to reposition the map, and Andy has added a larger number of cities. | |
| NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay thanks the more than 2,000 firefighters on the ground across the state. | |
| “We know you are weary,” she writes. | |
| The bushfire smoke has delivered a haunting sunrise over Parliament House in the nation’s capital. | The bushfire smoke has delivered a haunting sunrise over Parliament House in the nation’s capital. |
| The Bureau of Meteorology says a southerly wind this afternoon will help ease the smoke choking Sydney this morning, though it may not help firefighters battling blazes across the rest of the state. | The Bureau of Meteorology says a southerly wind this afternoon will help ease the smoke choking Sydney this morning, though it may not help firefighters battling blazes across the rest of the state. |
| The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has just been speaking about the bushfire crisis. He says there are 111 aircraft working to battle fires not just in NSW but also in Victoria and Queensland. | The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has just been speaking about the bushfire crisis. He says there are 111 aircraft working to battle fires not just in NSW but also in Victoria and Queensland. |
| Sydney has again woken to a thick blanket of smoke, with officials issuing a “poor” air quality alert for the city on Tuesday morning. | Sydney has again woken to a thick blanket of smoke, with officials issuing a “poor” air quality alert for the city on Tuesday morning. |
| By 5am, air quality was graded as “very poor” to “hazardous” in parts of Sydney’s north-west and south-west as well across the Hunter and Central Coast regions. | By 5am, air quality was graded as “very poor” to “hazardous” in parts of Sydney’s north-west and south-west as well across the Hunter and Central Coast regions. |
| Air quality also remained “very poor” in Lismore in the state’s north. | Air quality also remained “very poor” in Lismore in the state’s north. |
| Good morning, | Good morning, |
| New South Wales is staring down another difficult day of bushfire danger, with smoke pollution set to smother Sydney and temperatures to soar past 40C. | New South Wales is staring down another difficult day of bushfire danger, with smoke pollution set to smother Sydney and temperatures to soar past 40C. |
| The Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, warned on Monday that while wind conditions won’t be as difficult as previous high fire danger days, that could be cancelled out by the high temperatures and low humidity expected on Tuesday. | The Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, warned on Monday that while wind conditions won’t be as difficult as previous high fire danger days, that could be cancelled out by the high temperatures and low humidity expected on Tuesday. |
| “It’s not as bad as the catastrophic weather we had weeks ago but it’s certainly going to be another difficult day, particularly given the scale and complexity of these fires and their proximity to so much more built-up and populated areas,” he told reporters on Monday. | “It’s not as bad as the catastrophic weather we had weeks ago but it’s certainly going to be another difficult day, particularly given the scale and complexity of these fires and their proximity to so much more built-up and populated areas,” he told reporters on Monday. |
| Almost 3,000 firefighters will be deployed to fight the more than 80 bushfires which continue to burn across the state, including a so-called mega-fire north-west of Sydney, which was formed when the huge Gospers Mountain blaze merged with the neighbouring Little L Complex, Paddock Run, Three Mile and Kerry Ridge fires. | Almost 3,000 firefighters will be deployed to fight the more than 80 bushfires which continue to burn across the state, including a so-called mega-fire north-west of Sydney, which was formed when the huge Gospers Mountain blaze merged with the neighbouring Little L Complex, Paddock Run, Three Mile and Kerry Ridge fires. |
| Total fire bans are in place for nine regions across NSW on Tuesday, including in Sydney, amid fears that temperatures in the high 30s to 40s and strengthening winds will fuel existing fires and potentially ignite new ones. | Total fire bans are in place for nine regions across NSW on Tuesday, including in Sydney, amid fears that temperatures in the high 30s to 40s and strengthening winds will fuel existing fires and potentially ignite new ones. |
| Along with Sydney, total fire bans are in place with “severe” fire danger forecast in the Hunter, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, southern ranges, central ranges, Monaro Alpine and the ACT. | Along with Sydney, total fire bans are in place with “severe” fire danger forecast in the Hunter, Illawarra/Shoalhaven, southern ranges, central ranges, Monaro Alpine and the ACT. |