Gladys Berejiklian declares state of emergency in NSW as more than 60 fires rage

More than 1,300 firefighters are battling raging flames across New South Wales as the Greater Sydney, Greater Hunter and Illawarra/Shoalhaven regions brace for "catastrophic" fire conditions on Tuesday.

Bushfires in Old Bar, NSW on the weekend. Source: AAP

New South Wales is officially in a state of emergency as fire crews battle to contain raging fires across the state.

Firefighters are battling more than 60 bushfires across NSW including the fire-ravaged north coast where three people died and at least 150 homes were destroyed over the weekend.

Of those, more than half of the fires remain uncontained and 40 schools around the area have been closed on Monday after a total state fire ban was declared for Monday and Tuesday.

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