Total fire bans stretching from the Sydney coast to the Queensland border and out into the northwest are being enforced amid a severe fire danger forecast.
Inspector Ben Shepherd from the NSW Rural Fire Service said temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, low humidity and strong winds were a dangerous combination today.
"It’s been an extraordinary season so far. We’ve seen more land burnt this fire season than the past two fire seasons combined,” he said.
Firefighters are on standby as susceptible fire conditions loom for the next 48 hours.