Rural Fire Service crews from Wollongong headed down the Princes Hwy to Nowra on Sunday morning to help out with fires encroaching on Shoalhaven communities.
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Just after 8am on Sunday a convoy of five large fire units were seen travelling south near Berry.
A spokesman from the Illawarra Zone of the Rural Fire Service said five large tankers were sent to Nowra Fire Control Centre.
"They are big category one tankers," the spokesperson said.
They will be deployed from Nowra as needed for several large fires in the area.
They include the large 220,000 hectare Currowan fire which is at advice level presently burning between Batemans Bay and Nowra as well as east of Braidwood
On Sunday morning crews were focusing on reinforcing containment strategies and being prepared to respond to any areas of increased risk.
The Currowan fire merged with the Tianjara fire in the Morton National Park to the south west of Nowra and the Charleys Forest Fire has grown along its western flank.
There is still a significant area of uncontained fire to the south of the Kings Highway, west of Nelligen. The fire on both sides of Cabbage Tree Creek.
The Rural Fire Service also has concerns the fire may cross the Shoalhaven River and impact on areas to the north of the river such as Kangaroo Valley and Fitzroy Falls.
Just south of Nowra the 2500 hectare Forest Road, Comberton fire is presently burning east of Boston Road.
Firefighters, supported by waterbombing aircraft, will continue working to reinforce containment lines and slow the spread of the fire.
Further south just west of Mogo the B Tree Rd fire is under control after spreading across two hectares of land.
North West of Wollongong the 218,000 hectare Green Wattle Creek fire was still out of control on Sunday morning.
The fire remains active in a number of areas with crews taking advantage of favourable weather to undertake back burning operations and strengthen containment lines near areas such as Thirlmere, Tahmoor and Bargo.
Deteriorating weather is forecast for the coming days as temperatures rise and winds increase with the strongest likely on Tuesday.
Sunday's forecast for Wollongong is partly cloudy with smoke haze. and the chance of an afternoon thunderstorm in the west. Light winds will become northeast to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the early afternoon.
A top of 32 is forecast for Monday with 20 to 30 km/h northwesterly winds tending northerly in the evening.
The strongest winds and highest temperature of 35 degrees will be on Tuesday when 15 to 20 northwesterly winds during the day preceed a southerly change with 30 to 45 km/h gusts in the evening.
New Year's Day will be much cooler with a top of 23 but 25 to 40 km/h southerly winds.
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