DECEMBER 2019: Firefighters injured, homes destroyed on Sydney's outskirts as temperatures soar

Four bushfires have flared to emergency level, three homes have been destroyed and at least three firefighters have suffered serious injuries as temperatures climb past 41 degrees Celsius across Greater Sydney.

Greater Sydney is enduring a dangerous day of heat and fires, with temperatures set to climb as high as 45C in the west and firefighters on alert for "the entire perimeter of Sydney".

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said firefighters battling the blaze in Balmoral, south west of Sydney, had been seriously injured after being "overrun" by the fire.

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