HOMES in southern NSW are at risk as a bushfire intensifies but Victoria and South Australia look to have avoided large-scale disasters.
Deteriorating conditions have helped fan a fire threatening the isolated rural NSW properties.
An emergency warning has been issued for the Humula, Carabost and Little Billabong areas after a southwesterly wind change on Sunday afternoon put homes "under immediate threat" from the out-of-control Minimbah fire, which is "burning quickly and erratically", the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) says.
It has blazed through more than 8000 hectares.
"Firefighters are actively undertaking property protection," the RFS said on its website.
"There are reports of property losses, however, due to dangerous fire conditions, firefighters are unable to enter a number of fire-affected areas."
In Victoria, a favourable wind change spared the tourist town of Halls Gap from widespread destruction when it stopped an advancing bushfire four kilometres shy of the town's boundaries.
Ten homes were destroyed by the blaze and more than 51,800 hectares burnt, and Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said that number would increase.
Across Victoria 35 fires are still listed as burning, with 130,000 hectares burnt.
Easing conditions have helped firefighters in South Australia battling the Bangor fire in the southern Flinders Ranges.
The blaze has destroyed six homes and burnt more than 19,000 hectares of grassland, and is the only fire in the state that remains on a watch and act alert.
The SA Country Fire Service (CFS) says while the fire has not grown significantly on Sunday, it is still not controlled.
Residents in the area are urged not to return as the fire is still burning in steep terrain with conditions changing continually.
A blaze in Eden Valley that burnt through more than 24,000 hectares has been downgraded to advice level.
Meanwhile, more than 60 RFS firefighters, with heavy machinery and water-bombing aircraft, are trying to control another NSW fire at Redbank, near Bathurst.
The bushfire, which has scorched more than 300 hectares, is burning through a pine plantation and "is proving difficult to contain", the RFS said.
An emergency warning was issued at 4.30pm (AEDT) for the fire burning out of control in the Copperhannia National Park area, near Bathurst.
The 100-hectare fire is heading east towards Trunkey Creek.
Frantic work to build containment lines for another bushfire at Minjary, between Canberra and Wagga Wagga, is also underway.
The scrub fire has burnt 2675 hectares and is being controlled.
About 900 firefighters have been deployed across NSW to battle 50 fires sparked on Saturday by lightning strikes.
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