Firefighters are currently battling a 94-hectare bushfire on the NSW South Coast, which was recently devastated by the previous 'Black Summer' bushfire season.
The fire began as a hazard reduction burn in Currarong near the Beecroft Peninsula on Thursday but spread outside of containment lines at 10am on Friday.
The out-of-control burn has now headed towards the coast and is currently burning through bushland on Kiama Avenue in Jervis Bay, which is just south of Currarong and part of the Shoalhaven local government area.
The NSW Rural Fire Service posted a video showing the scale of the blaze, which was burning as far as the eye could see and generating excessive smoke.
An out-of-control bushfire began as a hazard reduction burn in Currarong near the Beecroft Peninsula on Thursday but spotted outside of containment lines at 10am on Friday
'The fire has crossed into the Beecroft Weapons Range limiting the ability of crews to directly attack the fire,' the video was captioned.
Beecroft Weapons Range announced it will be 'closed until further notice to Day Visitors and all new campers due to a bush fire burning to the North East of BWR'.
Firefighters are currently allowing a section of bush to burn between the coast and the original hazard reduction burn.
The fire is currently has an 'advice' level warning, which means it has started but there is no immediate danger.
The NSW Rural Fire Service posted a video showing the scale of the blaze, which was burning as far as the eye could see and generating excessive smoke
Its status is 'being controlled' as firefighters are already on the scene.
'The fire is not threatening homes,' the NSW RFS announced on Twitter.
The Shoalhaven area has on average 600 bush fires per year, of which 20 can be considered to be major fires requiring response by two or more fire authorities, according to the RFS.
Shoalhaven can experience significant fire activity at any time of the year and fires in isolated parts of the LGA may burn for several days.
A bushfire burning in Shoalhaven on the NSW South Coast in January. The Shoalhaven area has on average 600 bush fires per year, of which 20 can be considered to be major fires
During this year's 'Black Summer' bushfires, Shoalhaven and NSW South Coast in general were devastated by the blazes.
One of the worst blazes was the Currowan fire, which burnt for 74 days from early December, 2019 to February 8, 2020.
It wreaked havoc across the South Coast between Batemans Bay in the south, Nowra in the north, and east of Braidwood in the west.
The Currowan bushfire burnt across 499,621 hectares, destroyed 312 homes and millions of native animals, although the exact number is unknown.
Firefighter extinguish a fire on a property in Moruya on the far south coast of NSW. Bushfires in NSW burned across 5.4 million hectares last year, destroying a total of 2,439 homes and killing 25 people
Bushfires in NSW burned across 5.4 million hectares last year, destroying a total of 2,439 homes and killing 25 people.
In Queensland, blazes burnt across 2,500,000 hectares and destroyed 48 home.
Meanwhile, Victorian bushfires blazed across 1.5 million hectares, destroyed 396 homes and claimed five lives.
The last fire of the season was in Lake Clifton, Western Australia, in early May.
In total, the bushfires burnt across 18.6 million hectares of land, destroyed 5,900 buildings, including 2,779 homes and killed at least 34 people.
A NSW RFS member overlooks Australian Army soldiers conducting a route clearance in Cobargo, NSW. Regional NSW is still feeling the effects of last year's devastating season going into the next
