Bushfire emergency in western Sydney - in pictures

A house in Sydney's Winmalee Blue Mountains was lost to fire as NSW firefighters battled dozens of uncontained blazes which caused mass evacuations
Photograph: Nine news

Firefighters and media crew at the site of a grass fire in northwest Sydney. The highest emergency alert was issued by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service for four fires Photograph: CHANNEL NINE/CHANNEL NINE

A helicopter attempted to extinguish a bushfire in Windsor which threatened to engulf nearby properties. The flames extended to Windsor Downs Nature Reserve Photograph: CHANNEL NINE/CHANNEL NINE

Smoke from a grass fire at Richmond Road near Bligh Park in Sydney filled the sky with puffs of grey above residental houses. Temperatures in the area were up to 32 degrees - well above the monthly average maximum of 21.5 degrees
Photograph: Karinaxoxo

Fire crews battled a bushfire at Londonderry where the local public school was evacuated. Another school, Marsden Park Public School, also sent students home Photograph: CHANNEL NINE/CHANNEL NINE

A bushfire stretched to within 200m of houses at Windsor Downs near Richmond. Roads in the area were full of motorists trying to head east Photograph: AAP

Black smoke billowed upwards from the grass fire burning near Richmond Road, Windsor, to the west of Sydney Photograph: AAP

Firefighters worked tirelessly to bring blazes across Western Sydney under control. Seven firefighters were reported as injured and two seriously hurt Photograph: AAP

Firefighters took a moment's respite in a smokey haze while the orange glow of a fire continued to rage in the distance Photograph: AAP

Sunset view from the Skywalk at the Sydney Tower Eye showed smoke haze from bushfires burning in western Sydney and the Blue Mountains Photograph: DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP