What is happening on the ground?
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has declared a week-long state of emergency, which started at 08:00 local time on Friday (21:00 GMT on Thursday).
Thousands of people are already fleeing
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a vast "tourist leave zone" in NSW, with supplies running low in some cut-off towns. It's been called "the largest relocation out of the region ever".
Kosciusko National Park in the south
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of NSW, home to the country's highest mainland peaks is also being evacuated and closed.
High temperatures and strong winds are forecast for the weekend, leading to "widespread extreme fire danger".
The state government
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has warned that conditions are likely to be "at least as bad" as New Year's Eve, when hundreds of homes were destroyed.