Photos: Sydney region faces 'catastrophic' bushfire threat

A fire rages in Bobin, 350km north of Sydney, as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes that are raging in the state of New South Wales. Australia is bracing for another week of devastating fires after emergency services warned that weather conditions could fuel the deadly flames.

The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney. A state of emergency on November 11 was declared and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia girded for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the drought-stricken east of the country.

Firefighters work to contain a bushfire along Old Bar road in Old Bar, Australia

The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Trees are burned black after a bushfire in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters conduct property protection as a bushfire burns close to homes on Railway Parade in Woodford NSW

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison talks to locals during a visit to Club Taree Evacuation Centre in Taree, New South Wales

A ferry passes in front of the Central Business District as smoke from bushfires shroud Sydney

Firefighters put spot fires out in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

A vintage Jaguar car sits in ruins after a bushfire destroyed a property in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

A helicoptor drops water on spot fires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Smoke from a large bushfire is seen from a roadblock outside Wytaliba, near Glen Innes, Australia

The burnt-out remains of cars and property belonging to Art Murphy and his wife Shirley are seen following bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Trees are burned black after a bushfire in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Bushfires taken from a plane in over north eastern New South Wales

A vintage Jaguar car sits in ruins after a bushfire destroyed a property in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) comforts 85-year-old resident Owen Whalan at an evacauation centre in Taree 350km north of Sydney as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes that are raging in the state of New South Wales

A firefighter puts spot fires out in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney

People look at a burnt-out section of their property which was caught in bushfires in Old Bar, 350km north of Sydney