Anxious wait as NSW bushfire rages

By Aine Fox
Updated November 17 2019 - 2:03pm, first published 1:57pm
Firefighters and residents northwest of Sydney have been trying to prepare for conditions to worsen.
Firefighters and residents northwest of Sydney have been trying to prepare for conditions to worsen.

People living near a huge out-of-control blaze on Sydney's northwestern outskirts face an anxious wait to see if a sprawling fire can be contained amid a forecast of blisteringly hot, dry conditions.