http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/latest-nsw-fire-updates-thursday-october-17-20...

Worst bushfires in NSW in over a decade; please stay safe! I personally am a safe distance from the nearest fire but am not certain about family friends. Very smoky here and outside it is a very weird shade of yellow, a bit of red on the horizon if you leave my street. I think, from the reports, that the worst is in Campbelltown, Newcastle, Penrith and the Blue Mountains?

This seems to happen every couple of years, doesn't it? I can remember the Black Saturday fires like yesterday.