The Green Wattle Creek Fire, burning at Emergency level. Photos by the Herald’s nampix capture the intensity of the smoke and the fire. Follow our live coverage here for the latest on the NSWfires NSWRFS
As five fires remain at emergency level, the Deputy Commissioner of the Rural Fire Service has said that communities all over the state are being threatened.
"The really difficult thing is just the amount of fire. People have seen since the beginning of August how much fire we've had in the northern part of NSW. WE've now just replicated that in the central part of the state as well as still got the north going.Joey Ratcliffe took to Twitter to share a photo of the ash that has fallen in Sutherland.
“Sydney, for example, has been among the worst 10 cities in the world for air quality at times over the past few weeks," he said.
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