Firefighters say the NSW bushfire crisis has eased as a result of cooler weather and milder winds but warn that more than 140 blazes continue to burn across the state.
This morning the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) said there were 142 bushfires burning across the state, 29 of them uncontained.
An RFS spokeswoman said many of the blazes had been sparked overnight by a band of lightning, with more strikes expected through the day on Saturday.
She said the worst fire was around Millingandi in the Bega Valley, which had so far burnt 180 hectares of bush.
The fire was burning very close to homes in the area, the spokeswoman said, noting that a watch and act alert had been issued for the blaze.