Sydney’s fire threat is set to worsen as scorching temperature and strong winds make for dangerous conditions. The strong northwesterly wind ripped through parts of Sydney, moving between 30 and 50 kilometres per hour at Penrith. New South Wales is still on high alert as Sydney enters its fifth and final day of unreasonable spring heat. Winds got as high as 65kmph in other parts of Sydney, and it’s this coupled with these really high temperatures, which is creating really dangerous conditions for firefighters. For those working on the fire front it has been a day of dangerous conditions, there’s extreme fire danger ratings in place for Greater Sydney, for Greater Hutner, and also parts of the Upper Central West Plains – a total fire ban in place for those areas.
Sydney’s fire threat is set to worsen as scorching temperature and strong winds make for dangerous conditions.
The strong northwesterly wind ripped through parts of Sydney, moving between 30 and 50 kilometres per hour at Penrith. New South Wales is still on high alert as Sydney enters its fifth and final day of unreasonable spring heat. Winds got as high as 65kmph in other parts of Sydney, and it’s this coupled with these really high temperatures, which is creating really dangerous conditions for firefighters.
For those working on the fire front it has been a day of dangerous conditions, there’s extreme fire danger ratings in place for Greater Sydney, for Greater Hutner, and also parts of the Upper Central West Plains – a total fire ban in place for those areas.
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