Residents wake to thick plumes of smoke hanging over Sydney's ...
The out-of-control bushfire in Sydney's northern beaches which raged through 100 hectares of bushland is now contained after burning through the night.
Conditions across the fire ground have started to ease, as firefighters and aircraft worked overnight to complete backburns.
Fire crews will today focus efforts on containing the western edge of the fire near Red Hill Reserve, including waterbombing the area.
However, it could butn for days.
Residents have been warned to continue monitoring for dangerous conditions near near Cromer Heights, Beacon Hill and Oxford Falls.
Locals waking up on Sunday morning noticed thick plumes of smoke still hanging over the area.
Backburns have been completed behind homes on Lady Penrhyn Drive, Willandra Drive, Maybrook Ave and Pinduro Place, NSW Rural Fire Service confirms.
NSW Rural Fire Service reported a fire on Saturday on Meatworks Avenue at Oxford Falls moving in an easterly direction towards Maybrooke Avenue.
No property loss or damage has been reported so far.
Residents on Maybrook Avenue in Cromer watched on anxiously as fire crews tried to contain the blaze.
"It's a bit scary, you don't want to see that in your area," Local Lee Meredith told 9News.
"A friend of mine is a firefighter, another resident Ross Ashton said.
"He said you'd better get home."
At Maybrook Village, one of a number of aged care homes bordering Gadigal National Park, some residents chose to get out early.
"I thought it was better to be safe than sorry," a Maybrook Village resident told 9News.
At one point, three aged care homes were threatened by the fire.
Fire crews from across Sydney were called to the scene, with more than 280 firefighters deployed to the blaze.
Twenty vehicles and two aircraft were sent to help their efforts.
"The fire burned quite closely to homes and retirement villages," RFS Inspector Ben Shepherd said.
He said it was good to see that affected properties had cleared a good area around their homes.
The public have been asked not to fly drones nearby as it could interfere with the firefighting operation.
NSW Ambulance Services had multiple paramedics at the scene on standby.
More than 100 hectares of bushland had been burnt by 5am on Sunday, according to NSW RFS.
The fire began when a hazard reduction burn in the area jumped across containment lines earlier this afternoon.
A thick plume of smoke could be seen across the Northern Beaches.
