A ferocious bushfire on NSW’s South Coast has almost doubled in size

A ferocious Bush Fire!

“I think that there is still a lot of work to do. We were talking about some 6,000km of fire to get through in the northern part of the state.”

He added that the worst conditions are yet to come, with Wednesday tipped to be particularly challenging.

“Tomorrow the winds will ease a little bit, but we are still expecting quite a warm day,” he said. “But then Wednesday will be quite hot and windy. I think that will be looking at the peak of the weather. Beyond that, there’s no respite in sight for meaningful rain at all.”

So far this fire season, six lives have been lost while 673 homes and 1400 other buildings have been destroyed.

A total fire ban has been issued for Monday across the far north coast, Greater Hunter and New England regions due to forecast hot and windy conditions.

“While it’s expected to be cooler tomorrow, it’s going to be very windy in many areas,” the RFS tweeted.

“This will present challenging conditions for several days with so many fires.”

The Rural Fire Service has warned of “worsening conditions” this week with one regional command telling residents that “now” is the time to talk to family about what to do when bushfire hits.

“Very windy and dry conditions will see elevated fire dangers across parts of NSW today,” the service tweeted.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for eastern NSW today with winds across large parts of the state tipped to break 90km/h.

Conditions are expected to gradually ease at night, although some areas may remain quite windy into Tuesday.

Air quality in southwest Sydney, meanwhile, has been declared hazardous.

Conditions are set to worsen under strong winds today.