Shocking images show devastation of NSW bushfires

GALLERY: Up to 20 homes – including those of volunteer firefighters – have been lost north west of Sydney after the Gospers Mountain mega-blaze jumped containment lines and ravaged several Blue Mountains suburbs.

Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens suffered damage from the Gospers Mountain Fire Sunday evening gas it travelled from Mt Wilson east towards Bilpin. Early hours of the morning the fire front can be seen burning out of control in the valleys to the east of the gardens. Picture: Matrix

1/26Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens suffered damage from the Gospers Mountain Fire Sunday evening gas it travelled from Mt Wilson east towards Bilpin. Early hours of the morning the fire front can be seen burning out of control in the valleys to the east of the gardens. Picture: Matrix

As the dawn breaks across the Blue Mountains the damage from yesterdayâ€™s firestorm becomes apparent. Many roads between Mt Wilson and Bilpin are impassable. Access to the damaged buildings and assets is limited. Picture: Matrix

2/26As the dawn breaks across the Blue Mountains the damage from yesterdayâ€™s firestorm becomes apparent. Many roads between Mt Wilson and Bilpin are impassable. Access to the damaged buildings and assets is limited. Picture: Matrix

3/26Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens suffered damage from the Gospers Mountain Fire Sunday evening gas it travelled from Mt Wilson east towards Bilpin. Early hours of the morning the fire front can be seen burning out of control in the valleys to the east of the gardens. Picture: Matrix

An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. Wollemi House and a Fire Danger Rating boards are all that remain of the cabins. Picture: Matrix

4/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. Wollemi House and a Fire Danger Rating boards are all that remain of the cabins. Picture: Matrix

5/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. Firefighters rush to protect a burning industrial shed full of burning plastics. Picture: Matrix

6/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. A firefighter continues to cool and protect the surroundings of the industrial shed destroyed. Picture: Matrix

7/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. The remains of a house along Bells Line of Rd at Bilpin. Firefighters battle to protect property in the background. Picture: Matrix

8/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. The remains of a car in the front yard of a house that was saved on Bells Line of Rd at Bilpin. Picture: Matrix

9/26Destruction of a house along Skyline Rd Mt Tomah. All that remains or can even remotely be identified as a house. Picture: Matrix

10/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. A cabin at Wollemi Cabins continues to burn well after the fire front has past through. Picture: Matrix

11/26An out of control fire ripped through the Blue Mountains this afternoon. Unknown houses and other property has been destroyed along Bells Line of Road from Bilpin to Mount Tomah and further west. The remains of a house along Bells Line of Rd at Bilpin. Firefighters battle to protect property in the background. Picture: Matrix

12/26Satellite view of smoke from bushfires burning across NSW. Picture: BOM

13/26A wall of fire approaching homes on Willinga Drive at Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

14/26RFS firefighters desperately worked to save a home on Willinga Drive at Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

Bawley Point RFS captain John Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion as his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home in Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

15/26Bawley Point RFS captain John Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion as his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home in Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

16/26RFS firefighters desperately worked to save a home on Willinga Drive at Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

17/26RFS firefighters desperately worked to save a home on Willinga Drive at Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

Min Woo Lee from WA hits to the 18th under a smokey haze during the first round of The Australian Open Golf Championships at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney. Picture: Phil Hillyard

18/26Min Woo Lee from WA hits to the 18th under a smokey haze during the first round of The Australian Open Golf Championships at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney. Picture: Phil Hillyard

19/26Smoke from bushfires on Bondi Beach. Picture: John Grainger

Smoke haze envelopes south western Sydney near Camden as bushfires burn. Motorists on Narellan Rd have turn their headlights on to combat the eerie orange glow. Picture: Toby Zerna

20/26Smoke haze envelopes south western Sydney near Camden as bushfires burn. Motorists on Narellan Rd have turn their headlights on to combat the eerie orange glow. Picture: Toby Zerna

21/26Pedestrians wearing face masks to protect from smoke haze as they cross a busy city street. Picture: Don Arnold/Getty Images

22/26Fire approaches a property at Bawley Point, on the NSW south coast. Picture: Gary Ramage

RFS captain John Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion as his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home at Bawley Point. Picture: Gary Ramage

23/26RFS captain John Sharpe (red helmet) was overcome with emotion as his colleagues helped him extinguish a blaze surrounding his home at Bawley Point. Picture: Gary Ramage

24/26RFS Firefighters desperately worked to save homes on Willinga Drive at Bawley Point. Picture: Gary Ramage

25/26The Sydney basin is filled with smoke at dawn, as seen from Vaucluse. Picture: John Grainger

Ryan Chisnall of New Zealand wearing a face mask due to smoke haze during the first round of The Australian Open Golf Championships at The Australian Golf Club, Sydney. Picture: Phil Hillyard

26/26Ryan Chisnall of New Zealand wearing a face mask due to smoke haze during the first round of The Australian Open Golf Championships at The Australian Golf Club, Sydney. Picture: Phil Hillyard

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