One of the fires was caused by high winds bringing down power lines in bushland near Mt Victoria. Still not much being reported on causes of other fires. We had much cooler temps today which gave some relief and people were able to get back to their homes to survey the damage.
Unfortunately one death occurred with a 63 yo man who collapsed whilst fighting the blaze near his home on the Central Coast north of Sydney.
Temperatures are expected to get back into the high 30's C over the next few days so with 20 fires still uncontained in the state there is likely to be more damage to property before the end of the week.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-1...y-live/5030288