Australia fires: five blazes merge north of Sydney as conditions forecast to worsen
More than 100 bushfires were burning in New South Wales on Friday, more than half of them out of control
Five fires burning to the north of Sydney joined up into one huge conflagration on Friday, with out-of-control blazes threatening homes and lives.
On a day that brought choking smog to Sydney, the premier of New South Wales said the entire coastline of the state was on fire.