New South Wales firefighters are bracing for another challenging day, with hot temperatures and dry winds expected to exacerbate the bushfire crisis.

Crews have worked through the night to prepare for severe fire conditions on the NSW South Coast, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees in Sydney’s west.

There are currently 55 uncontained bushfires across the state, with extreme fire danger forecast for the Southern Slopes.

There are ten Total Fire Bans in place, including in Sydney.

Total fire bans in place for 10 areas due to Very High, Severe and Extreme fire dangers. Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for NSW today. A number of large fires continue to burn across the State, particularly in the south. Know what you will do if fire threatens #nswrfs pic.twitter.com/BicpjidYMb

— NSW RFS (@NSWRFS) January 9, 2020

Conditions are also expected to worsen in Victoria, where two emergency warnings are in place.

NSW Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott tells Mark Levy there are 2670 firefighters on the front line today.

“Tragically though, Mark, the figure I’ve been given this morning regarding homes that have been lost, we’re at 1995 so it is quite possible that in the next 24 hours that figure will reach 2000.”

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