Thick smoke has blanketed parts of Sydney this morning as firefighters catch up on hazard reduction burns ahead of summer.
Burns scheduled for last week were delayed by rain until the weekend, meaning Sydneysiders face a smokey start to the week.
The conditions are expected to last until the middle of the week.
The NSW Department of the Environment has issued warnings after the air quality degraded to “poor or worse” in the city’s north-west, the central-east, and the south-west.
It comes as the Rural Fire Service catches up on hazard reduction as the weather begins to warm up.
“We’ve got a lot of burning to do, we didn’t get a lot done last year because of the wet so this year, it’s full steam ahead,” RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers said.
Asthmatic people are warned to keep their preventer close if they can smell the smoke this morning, and to keep doors and windows closed.
(9 NEWS)
