On Tuesday , officials said they were bringing in 1,500 firefighters to join the more than 1,000 emergency crews already on the ground . NEW : More than 100 wildfires -- including 29 that are not contained -- are raging . A series of wildfires nearly 1,000 miles long threaten the state of New South Wales , Australia . High winds and temperatures threaten to make Wednesday the worst day for the blazes . More than 200 homes in the Blue Mountains region north of Sydney have been destroyed .
NEW : More than 100 wildfires -- including 29 that are not contained -- are raging . A series of wildfires nearly 1,000 miles long threaten the state of New South Wales , Australia . High winds and temperatures threaten to make Wednesday the worst day for the blazes . More than 200 homes in the Blue Mountains region north of Sydney have been destroyed .