11 Dec 2019

Sydney enveloped in smoke and ash as NSW fires rage

From Afternoons, 1:33 pm on 11 December 2019

Smoke, dust, and ash has been enveloping Sydney, creating a blanket haze over the city and raising concerns about air quality. The smoke is the result of bushfires raging and near the city outskirts.

Journalist Lydia Feng from ABC News gives us the latest. 

Tourists wearing masks take photos under the Sydney Harbour Bridge enveloped in haze caused by nearby bushfires, in Sydney on December 10, 2019.

Photo: AFP