Nick Ralston Crime Editor Date October 22, 2013 - 1:08PM 2304 reading now Comments 31
* 60 bushfires burning, 15 out of control * Firefighters have joined two major fires in the Blue Mountains * Winds of up to 100km/h expected tomorrow * Map: live updates of the fire conditions - http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/NSW-bushfires-map
.. VIDEO .. Tomorrow hotter, drier and windier All Blue Mountains schools will be closed and nursing home residents have been moved as NSW RFS Commissioner warns of difficult day ahead.
4:17pm: NSW Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has just begun his latest briefing and he has already issued this grim warning.
"The forecast and scenario for tomorrow is about as bad as it gets," he says.
The revised forecast is for temperatures in the mid to high 30s, with humidity down to 10 per cent.
Strong winds are forecast with gusts of between 80km/h to 100km/h.
He's urged everyone who does not need to be in the Blue Mountains on Wednesday to be out of the region by 10am. Upvotes:0 Downvotes:0 Copy Link
4:06pm: Danger zones: the affected areas, compared with the size of Sydney Harbour.
4:02pm: The Rural Fire Service says the school closure in place for the Blue Moutains tomorrow also includes pre-schools and daycare centres.
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