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Temperatures are soaring across Australia with many areas reach 40 degrees, triggering bushfires to break out in the Blue Mountains area.
A school in the Warrimoo is in lockdown as the fast moving blaze swoops through the area, with firefighters and an air crane sent in to attack the blaze to the east of Greens Rd Florabella Street in Warrimoo, which is believed to be a difficult area to reach.
Severe warnings for bush fires have also been issued for southern Queensland, northern NSW, north parts of South Australia and parts of Western Australia.
Images from the scene show firefighters watching plumes of black smoke bellow from the raging fire.
A spokesperson for NSW Rural Fire service has advised residents to take advice from firefighters on the ground.
‘We have a number of firefighters on the ground, including our air crane.’
While Worrimoo School is in lockdown, with students and teachers taking shelter in the hall, the spokesperson said ‘there is no threat to the school.’
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast severe to extreme heatwave conditions for much of south eastern Queensland, and parts of the northern New South Wales border region.
Parts of western Sydney were predicted to get to over 40 degrees on Friday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald, prompting crowd to flock to the beaches in a bid to soak up the sun.
Areas including Penrith and Richmond went from 29 degrees on Thursday to 39 on Friday.
Max Gonzalez, a senior forecaster at Weatherzone, told the SMH that fire dangers will be higher over the next dew days because of the high temperatures and winds.
Cameron Lethlean, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology, told Daily Mail Australia: ‘There is a trough moving slowly from west to east through the central part of the country.
‘It will move eastwards over the next few days and there will be dry north westerly winds affecting much of southern parts of Queensland and northern parts of NSW.
The Rural Fire Service is warning Queenslanders to be vigilant due to a severe fire risk across much of the state, including the west and southeast corner.
“This is some of the hottest weather and highest fire danger Queensland has experienced this season,” Assistant Commissioner Neil Gallant warned.
Maranoa, Warrego, Darling Downs and Granite Belt districts are of particular concern.
‘We will see a bit of a change on Sunday with cooler temperatures setting in across NSW and Queensland.
‘Heat wave conditions will persist into early next week in southern inland parts of Queensland.
‘There are severe to extreme fire dangers affecting NSW and elevated fire dangers in Queensland for today and Saturday. We may also see severe winds in Queensland.
‘There are high fire warnings for places like Charleville in southern Queensland.
‘As the trough moves across the country the concentration of the highest fire dangers will be in south east Queensland and northern NSW.
‘There are elevated fire dangers in northern parts of South Australia and the north west of Western Australia.
Richard Wardle, the Bureau’s Queensland Weather Services Manager, added: ‘ Temperatures are forecast to peak in the mid-40s in some inland regions, with the potential for record maximum November temperatures to be recorded in the south-east over the weekend.’
The Bureau has recommenced its Pilot Heatwave Service which provides a measure of the intensity of a heatwave and complements the Bureau’s official temperature forecast.
The service uses a heatwave intensity index that assesses the build-up for heat over a period of time, taking into account the long-term climate of a location and the recent variability in minimum and maximum temperatures leading up to the heatwave event.
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