Australian bushfires: NSW premier calls a state of emergency – in pictures

Victorian country fire authority firefighters help NSW rural fire service firefighters put in containment lines at the Darling causeway in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney Photograph: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP

The shell of a car sits in front of the remains of a home in Springwood, in the Blue Mountains Photograph: Troy Kelly

Victorian firefighter Kelvin Matthews helps NSW firefighters put in containment lines in the Blue Mountains Photograph: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP

A water-bombing helicopter flies through an orange sky Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP

A water-bombing helicopter drops its load on a bushfire in Warrimoo in the Blue Mountains
Photograph: Andrew/AAP

Firefighters put in containment lines on the Darling causeway, near the township of Bell in the Blue Mountains Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

A fire service volunteer puts out a fire near the Monkey Creek Cafe in the Blue Mountains. Total fire bans are now in place for four Sydney regions Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP