Authorities say at least 20 homes have been lost to fires raging south-west of Sydney on Thursday.
Earlier, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian put that number at 40 - half lost in Balmoral and Bargo and a further 20 in nearby Buxton.
However, the Rural Fire Service said 20 buildings were confirmed lost.
Rural Fire Service crews douse a home lost to bushfire in Buxton as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens a number of communities south west of Sydney.
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Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews battle the bushfires near homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor.
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SBS News has contacted the Rural Fire Service for further information.
It comes as three firefighters are treated for burns after their truck was overrun by one of the fires.
NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said two male firefighters - aged 36 and 56 - had been airlifted to a burns hospital with serious injuries while a 28-year-old female was transported by road to hospital.
A home lost to a bushfire on Hassall Road in Buxton. Firefighters estimated 20 homes have been destroyed in the region.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has declared a state of emergency in the wake of multiple bushfires across the state.
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A further two firies were treated by paramedics nearby for smoke inhalation after fighting the Green Wattle Creek blaze west of Bargo.
The commissioner said the crew was in one of many dozens of trucks in the area working to protect homes on Thursday when they were "overrun and enveloped by fire".
A separate blaze burning near Bilpin, 90km north west of Sydney.
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"Those injuries are reported to three people in particular - two males with face and airway burns and some other burns to different parts of the body such as arms, elbow, upper chest and a leg," Mr Fitzsimmons told reporters in Sydney.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the Rural Fire Service headquarters in Sydney.
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"The third person, she is suffering some smoke inhalation and minor burns."
The RFS commissioner said there were reports of "many structures and many buildings being impacted including some homes".
"There's everything from people's homes, people's businesses, there are poultry farming operations ... there are lots of buildings, including people's homes and livelihoods that have been impacted by this," Mr Fitzsimmons said.
The Green Wattle Creek Fire burns along the Hume Highway.
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'In the vicinity of dozens" of buildings had been destroyed, he added.
"What that is in terms of homes, sheds, facilities - I just simply don't have that detail at this stage. It's too fast and unfolding as we speak."
Homes have been lost in the Southern Highlands region as RFS crews battle the blaze.
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The ABC has reported dingoes are running loose in the area, after escaping from the Bargo Dingo Sanctuary.
A number of dingos were evacuated from the site before the flames approached.
Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack is briefed by NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
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The Green Wattle Creek blaze is one of two fires at emergency warning level on Thursday afternoon.
Residents in Bargo, Yanderra, and Balmoral as well as Pheasants Nest, Buxton, Couridjah, Thirlmere and Tahmoor have been told it's too late to leave.
"Seek shelter as the fire approaches," the RFS warned at 3.30pm.
A week-long state of emergency has been declared for all of NSW.
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
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A total fire ban is in place across all of NSW and extreme fire danger in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven, southern ranges and Greater Sydney areas.
A statewide total fire ban will remain in place until at least midnight on Saturday and Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Thursday declared a week-long "state of emergency" granting special powers to the Rural Fire Service.
RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching on properties in NSW.
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"The decision to declare a state of emergency is not taken lightly," Ms Berejiklian said.
EMERGENCY WARNING - Green Wattle Creek (Wollondilly LGA)
The fire has crossed the railway line near Balmoral. #nswrfs #nswfires pic.twitter.com/TanlvHhZ6Q
— NSW RFS (@NSWRFS) December 19, 2019
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