Bushfires across NSW an ominous start to summer – in pictures

There are 130 fires burning in New South Wales amid very dry and windy conditions. A fire affecting more than 20,000 hectares is being controlled in the Tallaganda national park, in the Bombay and Braidwood areas. Another fire is burning to the south of the Katoomba and Leura area in the Blue Mountains. It has burned more than 390 hectares and is being controlled. An emergency warning is in place for a fire at Currowan, north of Batemans Bay. It has burned more than 11,500 hectares and is not yet under control

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