A bushfire in the western Sydney suburb of Northmead has been brought under control but only after a home was damaged.<\/p>\n
The fire, near Moxham Park on Whitehaven Road in Northmead, travelled up an escarpment on Sunday afternoon and towards homes on the street, with firefighters scrambling to protect properties.<\/p>\n
One house could be seen on fire in aerial footage.<\/p>\n
The Rural Fire Service rushed multiple crews to the scene and helicopters scooped water out of the nearby Parramatta Lake to dump on the burning home.<\/p>\n
But the blaze was deemed under control about 3pm, with firefighters and aircraft getting the upper hand and the threat to properties easing.<\/p>\n
It comes as Sydney swelters through the second day of a heatwave that saw overnight November minimum temperature records tumble.<\/p>\n
Overnight, Observatory Hill in central Sydney recorded a minimum 25.3C, shattering 1967's November record of 24.8C.<\/p>\n
Damaging winds with gusts up to 90km\/h are also hitting parts of Sydney as a low pressure trough passes over the area.<\/p>\n
The temperature in parts of Sydney, including the CBD, reached 40C on Saturday while swathes of western NSW, South Australia and northern Victoria baked through even higher temperatures approaching 45C.<\/p>\n
Cooler temperatures were not forecast to arrive until later on Sunday.<\/p>\n
RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers said the service was on Sunday deploying \"overwhelming force\" to attack every major blaze.<\/p>\n
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