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A nine-year-old boy has admitted to lighting a fire with a blowtorch with a group of children on NSW's south coast, causing a grass fire to break out and firefighters to be called.
A state of emergency has been declared as NSW firefighters fight against catastrophic conditions, that have been called "as bad as it gets".
NSW is in the midst of catastrophic and unprecedented conditions in what could be the most dangerous and destructive week of bushfires in Australia’s history.
Queensland is also bracing for severe fire danger as temperatures soar up to 10C above average in the coming days.
“I just hope we get through that OK," NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers said.
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Kids caught lighting fire with blowtorch
Police have taken action against three men who were caught breaching the state-wide fire ban, with a group of children also caught lighting a fire.
At about 11.35am police and fire crews were called to Sullivan Street, Worrigee after a small grass fire broke out.
Crews attended and put out the blaze and a nine-year-old boy admitted to lighting the fire with a blowtorch with a group of children.
Due to the child’s age, he was issued a warning under the Young Offenders Act.
Three adults have also been caught breaching the fire ban.
Just after 4pm yesterday a 27-year-old man allegedly lit a small campfire at Fowler Reserve, Wallacia, to boil water for cups of tea.
NSW Police and Rural Fire Service attended and the man immediately extinguished the flames.
He was issued with an on-the-spot $2200 fine.
At about 7pm on Monday police were called to a home in Prestons following reports a man was burning fence palings in a cylindrical barbecue.
Embers from this fire fell to the ground and ignited palings, causing a secondary blaze.
Both fires were put out and the 35-year-old man was also fined.
Then at about 5am today a 46-year-old man allegedly lit a fire in a coal bbq at a home in Lalor Park.
RFS attended and extinguished the fire.
The man was then arrested for failing to comply with a total fire ban order and breach of bail.
He is due to appear in court today.
The total state-wide fire ban has been extended until tomorrow. It means no fires out in the open.
General purpose hot works such as welding, grinding or gas cutting or any activity that produces a spark or flame are not to be done in the open.
Emergency level fire 'spreading quickly'
The RFS have sent out a chilling warning about of the nine emergency level fires currently burning across NSW.
The Rumba Dump fire on the mid north coast is "spreading quickly", according to emergency services.
Residents in Elands, Bobin, Marlee and areas of Wingham are being warned to seek shelter as the fire approaches.
It is understood the fire has breached containment lines and is moving very fast.
Eight emergency warnings as fires spread near Kempsey, Coffs Harbour
Eight emergency warnings are now in place for NSW, with the Rural Fire Service warning a number of fires are burning out of control.
Residents across NSW are urged to monitor the RFS site for updates on active fires.
Three more warnings were recently issued for fires burning in different areas across the NSW mid north coast.
An emergency warning was issued for the area of Carrai east, in Willi Willi near Kempsey.
According to the RFS, people to the area west of Kempsey are at risk. Fires have breached containment lines and spreading quickly.
A large number of fires are also burning in the towns of Coramba, Nana Glenn, Coutts Crossing and Glenreagh.
These fires, under current conditions are predicted to spread to the coast and may impact the outskirts of Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Sawtell and surrounding areas.
People in the affected areas are urged to leave now and head to safety in Coffs Harbour. Information about
Another emergency warning has been issued for the Washpool State Forest, in the Clarence Valley area.
The fire burning on both sides of Carnham Road, and both sides of Clarence Way is burning out of control.
The blaze earlier breached its containment lines, according to the RFS.
Water bombing aircraft are tackling the blaze.
Firefighters battling against 'insane' conditions in Queensland
A Queensland volunteer firefighter has filmed a horrifying "fire tornado" while fighting blazes in the state yesterday.
The tornado of dust whirled over a fire outside Lake Mary in Queensland's Capricornia region.
Filmed by volunteer firefighter Dan, the shocking scenes show the dust storm whipping a wind funnel of dust and flames 30 metres up into the air. The funnel send debris, including sheets of iron up into the sky, as the fire rages below.
Picture: Kirsty Boswood via Facebook
Picture: Kirsty Boswood via Facebook
"Dan filmed this today out the back of Lake Mary, just insane and a small snippet of what conditions are like fighting this fire," his wife Kirsty Boswood wrote on Facebook.
"He like many others in our community who are fighting this are volunteers, honestly what they do and all the QFES is nothing short of amazingly courageous, all to save someone else's property and lives."
Mrs Boswood told The Courier Mail her husband had been fighting the blaze on a private property when he captured the terrifying "whirlywind".
She said the house on the property had only been 20 metres behind the funnel of wind.
Out of control fire expected to damage properties in New England, NSW
A fourth emergency warning has been issued by the NSW RFS, for an our of control fire that is threatening properties in Llangothlin.
The area, near Guyra on the Northern Tablelands in New England, is about 50km north of Armidale.
The fire is spreading quickly and properties are under thread, according to the RFS.
People who have remained in the area are urged to seek shelter. It is too late to leave safely.
"Seek shelter as the fire approaches. Protect yourself from the heat of the fire," the RFS urges.
The fire is also expected to impact the New England Highway.
Three emergency warnings issued in less than 30 minutes
Two more emergency warnings have been issued, as three fires have been marked as out of control in NSW in less than half an hour.
A fire at Gulf Road, Torrington, near Tenterfield was upgraded to an emergency situation, as well as another blaze at Hillville Road in Hillville.
The warnings came at midday and 11.44pm, right after the first emergency warning upgrade of the day was earlier issued for the mid north coast area of Bretti at 11.35pm.
The Hillville Road fire is spreading quickly towards Nabiac, according to RFS. People caught in the area of Nabiac are urged to seek shelter as the fire approaches.
The fast moving bushfire at Gulf Road is affecting the Emmaville and Stannum areas, according to the RFS. Firefighters are in the process of controlling the blaze.
'Too late to leave': Out of control fire burning on the NSW mid north coast
An out of control fire raging on the mid north coast has just been issued with an emergency warning.
The fire at Thunderbolts Way in the town of Bretti is spreading quickly, according to the NSW Rural Fire Service just after 11.40pm today.
Anyone in the area of Nowendoc & Mt George area is urged to take shelter. The RFS has advised it is "too late to leave".
NSW firefighters are also battling dangerous blazes in the NSW Central Tablelands, urging residents to "leave now" as fires are spreading.
Residents in Gosper's Mountain in the Lithgow local government area, have been advised that fire activity is increasing.
Residents in the area of Mellong, St Albans and Upper MacDonald, about an hour north west of Sydney, have all been urged to activate their fire plan, with the RFS saying those who planned to leave should "leave now to a safer location".
The RFS is also fighting two distinct fires at the New England Highway, near Moonbi, north of drought-stricken Tamworth.
More than 50 fires are burning across NSW, with 26 of these uncontained. 12 are at “watch and act” level.
Satellite images show developing catastrophe
Satellite photos have shown developing fires across the last six days, as thickening billows of smoke drift off the east coast of Australia.
The images, captured by NASA, show a developing catastrophe, as the fires have continued to burn as firefighters have been unable to control the situation.
Thick clouds of smoke yesterday. Picture: NASA
Smoke drifting from the coast on November 10. Picture: NASA
Smoke increasing on November 9. Picture: NASA
The fires on November 8. Picture: NASA
On November 7 fires appeared to be developing. Picture: NASA
Satellite images from November 6. Picture: NASA
RFS issues updates on NSW fire map predictions
The RFS has released updated maps showing predicted fire paths across the state for Tuesday.
The fire paths maps, forecasting the possible rampant spread of bushfires the north and mid north coast today, were first released yesterday using the best available data. An update to these maps was released earlier.
South West Rocks and Laurieton, including Kempsey, Telegraph Point, Port Macquarie, Wauchope and surrounding areas.Picture: NSW RFS
Areas around Coffs Harbour including Woolgoolga, Sawtell and Bellingen. Picture: NSW RFS
A number of large bush fires are burning in the Coutts Crossing, Coramba, Nana Glen and Glenreagh areas. Under current severe conditions in the area, the RFS says these are likely to spread quickly towards the coast, and may impact Woolgoolga, the outskirts of Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and surrounding areas.
Picture: NSW RFS
Between Nambucca Heads and Stuarts Point, including Macksville, fires are also expected to spread quickly towards the coast.
Picture: NSW RFS
A large number of fires are burning between Gloucester, Nabiac, Taree and Laurieton, which under current severe conditions are expected to spread quickly towards the coast.
Fires may impact on areas including Wingham and the outskirts of Taree.
The RFS has urged residents across the state to report unattended bushfires, saying if they see a fire without a truck attending, they should call Triple Zero (000) immediately.
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