Fuelled by gusts up to 100 kms/hour a fire has broken its containment line in the Blue Mountains and is threatening towns.
One spot fire is five kilometres north of Linden and is worrying firefighters. The other five kilometres north of Hazelbrook has been brought under control. The spot breakouts are ahead of a major aggressive front within the Grose Valley and fire fighters feared it could hit the towns within hours if not been brought under control.
Communities across the country have been told to prepare for the worst as firefighters in three states struggle to control a series of bushfires, a number of which have already broken containment lines.
Towns in NSW, Victoria and South Australia were warned that they could be under threat today, with a combination of fierce winds and possible storms expected to prove dangerous.
"Overnight [the fire] did break a containment line on the eastern perimeter, and extended a couple of kilometres to the east," the Katoomba Rural Fire Service incident controller, Mal Cronstedt, said.
