The fast-moving Llandilo bushfire started in Cranebrook, spreading quickly to nearby Llandilo and Londonderry. Within four hours, two hundred firefighters from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue New South Wales brought the blaze under control.
Two schools and a nursing home in the nearby area were evacuated. There were no reports of injuries.
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