That's a wrap

That's it for our live blog.

The smoke has eased, although its certainly not totally gone. Firefighters will remain on the fire fronts across NSW for the rest of the evening. Keep across any developments in our main story and we'll continue to bring you regular updates on ABC Sydney ABC Newcastle and ABC Illawarra radio stations.

I'm going to leave you with this image taken by ABC reporter Kathleen Calderwood, who was walking the fire ground at Mangrove Mountain on Friday.

She came a group of beehives were either badly damaged or completely destroyed.

"As I was walking around you could smell the boiled honey and there was honey trickling down the hill. Some of the bees had died but there were still lots gathering around some of the hives," she said.

Thanks for joining us today. Stay safe.