WHERE ARE THE NSW BUSHFIRES?
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More than 110 blazes continue to burn across NSW on Wednesday.
A fire burning south of the Snowy Mountains Highway in the Ellerslie Range near Kunama and Laurel Hill was at "emergency" level at 4.30pm.
The blaze has ripped through more than 100,000 hectares.
Six fires were burning at a "watch and act" level including the 229,000ha Currowan blaze on the south coast, the 68,000ha Clyde Mountain fire near Batemans Bay, the 178,000ha Countegany blaze east of Cooma and the 104,000ha Green Valley fire east of Albury.
An out-of-control blaze is also burning in Werri Berri, north of Bemboka near Bega.
More than 2500 firefighters are battling the blazes.
WHAT IS THE DEATH TOLL?
Seven people have died since Monday evening, taking the number of deaths this season in NSW to at least 15.
A 70-year-old man was found dead on Tuesday outside a home at Yatte Yattah, west of Lake Conjola, a man's body has been discovered in a burnt-out car near the Princes Highway at Yatte Yattah, another man in a vehicle in Sussex Inlet and a body outside a home at Coolagolite, east of Cobargo.
Young father Patrick Salway, 29, his dad Robert Salway, 63, and volunteer firefighter Sam McPaul, 28, were confirmed dead earlier this week in separate blazes that ravaged the state's south.
A 72-year-old man remains missing at Belowra, west of Narooma, while a 70-year-old woman is missing after her home in Conjola Park was destroyed by fire on Tuesday.
HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST?
More than 175 homes have been confirmed destroyed on the south coast since Monday including 89 in Conjola Park, 40 in Malua Bay and 15 in Rosedale.
At last count, 1087 homes have been confirmed destroyed across NSW since July.
THE WARNINGS
Wednesday's fire danger rating is severe in the central ranges and a total fire ban has been declared in that area.
Total fire bans are also in place in the southern slopes and southern ranges where the fire danger rating is very high.
Fire danger is also rated as very high in the greater Sydney region, the Monaro alpine region, north western NSW, the ACT, the Hunter, and the northern slopes.
FORECAST
Hot, dry and windy conditions were expected to bring elevated fire danger to the southern and central ranges and southern slopes on Wednesday.
Parts of the state got some reprieve from the soaring temperatures on Wednesday with forecasts of 27C in Nowra, 34C in Penrith in western Sydney, while the mercury was expected to climb to 36C in Tumut in the Riverina and 42C in the Hunter.
Sydney was under a smoke haze on Wednesday morning with a fair-air quality, and cloudy and windy conditions forecast.
Dangerous fire conditions are expected to return to the south coast on Saturday where the temperature is forecast to reach 43C.
THE ROADS
Motorists are advised to avoid travel to the south coast and Snowy Mountains Riverina area where fires caused widespread power outages and major road closures.
The Snowy Mountains Highway is closed between Tumut Plains Road and Adaminaby.
The Princes Highway remains closed between Falls Creek and Milton, Batemans Bay and Moruya, Brogo and Tilba Tilba, and Narrabarba and Cann River (Victoria).
Australian Associated Press
