Firefighters battle 100 wildfires across New South Wales,Australia

Nearly 100 wildfires have been burning out of control across Australia's most populous state today. Several homes are believed to have been destroyed in the fires across New South Wales. 

Exact numbers are not known because conditions are too intense for firefighters to reach the hardest-hit areas

Rural Fire Service volunteers retreat after unsuccessfully trying to save a house from a bushfire at Dragan, north of Lithgow

Sydney Harbour Bridge and North Sydney CBD shrouded in smoke haze as bushfires rage in the western Sydney suburbs of Springwood, Winmalee and Lithgow

The smoke from the bushfires west of Sydney rolls in over the harbour ready to cover it in darkness

The sky darkens over the Ryobi cup cricket match between South Australian Redbacks and the Western Australia Warriors at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney