Officials worry about smoke cloud over New South Wales , lack of rain in area . The linking of the boys to the start of those fires has come as `` quite a shock to the local community , to authorities and to the fire crews who have been working so hard to put these fires out , '' said Cameron Price , a reporter from Sky News Australia . Fourteen out of 62 bush fires in Sydney are out of control , officials say . More than 116,167 hectares ( 12,000 acres ) of land has been burned . Two boys , age 11 and last week , are arrested over Fourteen fires north of Sydney last week .
Officials worry about smoke cloud over New South Wales , lack of rain in area . Fourteen out of 62 bush fires in Sydney are out of control , officials say . More than 116,167 hectares ( 12,000 acres ) of land has been burned . Two boys , age 11 and last week , are arrested over Fourteen fires north of Sydney last week .