NSW: Day Nine of bushfire crisis takes a turn for the worst
By Ruth Peters and Denise McNamara
SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - A large bushfire in suburban parkland threatened up to 200 homesin Sydney's north today as soaring temperatures and fierce winds fanned blazes aroundNSW.
The new year brought no relief for firefighters who have battled blazes ringing Sydneysince Christmas Eve but today's fire at Pennant Hills was the first to penetrate the suburbs.
"This is something we have been hoping we might actually avoid but it is not to beso," NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Phil Koperberg said.
Elsewhere there were evacuations in …
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