An out-of-control bushfire is threatening homes on the edge of a small fishing village on the NSW mid-north coast.
Firefighters were working near properties at the north at Harrington, near Taree, the Rural Fire Service said on its website.
A "watch and act" alert has been issued for the fire, with burning embers falling in the township.
Fire crews are working between the uncontained blaze and homes, the RFS says.
It says Crowdy Road is closed in both directions.
Locals are being advised to be ready to put out spot fires around their properties.
Meanwhile, the RFS has downgraded a bushfire burning in Sydney's northern suburbs from "watch and act" to "advice".
The blaze in Warringah is burning in bushland behind homes in Maitland Street, Cambage Court and McBrien Place at Davidson.
The RFS says no properties are under immediate threat, with firefighters conducting backburning in the area.
About 60 fires are burning across NSW, with 25 of them uncontained.
Earlier on Wednesday, a 21-year-old RFS volunteer was suspended after being charged with lighting a series of fires.
Fire caused considerable damage to bushland in the Lake Macquarie area during August and September.
Police allege the volunteer from Rutherford lit 10 small fires during that time.
He was charged with 10 counts of knowingly causing a fire and being reckless about its spread.
The alleged arsonist was refused bail and will appear at Toronto Local Court on Wednesday.
The charge comes after two men, aged 24 and 26, were on Tuesday charged following the bashing of an RFS officer in the state's Southern Highlands.
The officer was on his way to put out a shed fire when the men allegedly attacked him at Yanderra, police said on Wednesday.
The men have both been charged, with one to appear in court on Wednesday and the other on October 29.
The RFS officer was treated for minor injuries.
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