The highest recorded temperature in Sydney was 35.7 degrees at the airport,while firefighters battled blazes on the city’s western outskirts.
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A severe heatwave and strong winds have put fire crews across the state on high alert.
Sydney’s first total fire ban since November 2020 comes amid a five-day blast of heat,with extreme fire danger expected later in the week.
As health experts debate the wisdom of holding the Sydney Marathon in conditions of such poor air quality,it’s time to rethink Sydney’s annual prescribed bush bonfire.
After a week of acrid smoke and poor air quality,Sydneysiders are asking if this is the best way to protect the city from bushfires.
The RFS drove off and left a NSW South Coast couple to manage on their own. The fire escaped and destroyed four houses,burnt through 20,000 hectares and took three months to extinguish.
The smoky haze from hazard burns around Sydney is expected to clear in time for the Sydney Marathon on Sunday,but unseasonably hot weather may still prove challenging.
Bushland close to homes in and around Sydney is at risk after the wet of La Niña left forests full of fuel and hazard reduction behind schedule.
Communities across the state are being urged to prepare for what is likely to be the most dangerous bushfire season since the Black Summer of 2019-20,but incredibly,NSW seems as unprepared as before when it comes to hazard reduction burning.
With life-and-death memories of Black Summer indelible and a heightened bushfire risk ahead,trainee firefighters are learning far more than they’d anticipated.