Images from Echo Point and the Blue Mountains surrounds, as fires continue to burn uncontrolled around the country. These fires, not far from Katoomba, are the main reason why nearby Sydney has been choked with toxic smoke for the last few days.
According to firefighters, many of the fires around NSW and southern Queensland are too big to extinguish, with rain the only chance of putting them out. Substantial rain is not expected until at least late January.
Scientists continue to maintain that these unprecedented mega-fires have been exacerbated by climate change.
Temperatures are forecast to reach into the 40s early next week.
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