Earlier on Friday,nine fires were burning at emergency warning level across NSW but the figure dropped to six as the sun set.
The bushfire raging at Green Wattle Creek in Sydney's south-west,affecting properties at Oakdale,Belimbla Park,Werombi and Orangeville,is out of control and remains at emergency level.
Herald photographer Alex Ellinghausen captured these images at Orangeville on Friday.
The Rural Fire Service said on Friday afternoon that firefighters,residents and aircraft were working together to protect homes in the area.
Herald reporter Laura Chung was in Orangeville and spoke to Ian Spears and his neighbours,who were preparing their properties in the event the fire turned.
For Mr Spears,the family home is where he and wife Kathryn have raised their daughters over the last eight years."It’s our home,you’ve got to try to do something."
Mr Spears and the neighbours have put water in their gutters and for buckets at the ready. He said the past few days have been pretty"smokey".
"It’s through the house and clothes,it’s going to take a long time to get rid of it,"he said.But for now,the neighbours are taking a moment to watch the fire burn across the valley.
As Stuart Deavres quipped:"What else are you gonna do on a Friday night?"
The other five fires remaining at emergency warning level are: