A bushfire burning in a rural area near the NSW town of Grafton has been brought under control.
An emergency warning had been issued for the fire in Nymboida State Forest near Glens Creek Road and Martins Road, 30km south-west of Grafton.
But the threat for homes was tonight downgraded to Watch and Act.
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Crews will work overnight to try to contain it.
Meanwhile firefighters have managed to bring a fire near the town of Scone in NSW's Upper Hunter Valley under control.
The fire was downgraded to Watch and Act level after crews and aircraft battled the blaze throughout the afternoon, as temperatures hit 31 degrees.
It's expected to take several days to contain.
Residents in the area have been told to monitor the changing conditions and stay up to date.
The RFS earlier issued an emergency warning as the fire began to move to the east towards the area of Segenhoe.
There were about 50 isolated properties that were under threat.
"If you are in the vicinity of Segenhoe, you are in danger," the RFS warned.
The fire was about 200 hectares in size.
Fire crews worked to slow the spread of the fire, with light winds of 25-40km/h fanning the flames.
NSW RFS said a change in the wind is expected to push the fire north-east towards Lake and Gundy Roads in coming hours.
Another fire further north in the isolated Woko National Park was upgraded to "prepare now".
Several campers were evacuated.
It was burning near Kauthi Road to the west of Thunderbolts Way and heading in a south-easterly direction.
A total fire ban remains in place across New South Wales as hot dry gusts bring extreme risk levels to the Greater Sydney region and other parts of the state.
On Sunday night there were 61 fires burning across the state, with 19 not contained and two fires at the Watch and Act alert level.
A total of 900 firefighters were working to contain them.
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In Queensland, several small fires were burning around the Gladstone and Bundaberg regions as temperatures in the sunshine state sat in the low to mid 30s.
Bushfire emergency warnings in Queensland were downgraded overnight.
Residents were forced to leave their homes yesterday as firefighters tackled a blaze at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast.
People have been allowed to return to their homes with warnings sitting at advice level.
In NSW the temperature hit 31 degrees in Penrith, west of the Sydney CBD.
Sydney CBD had a high of 25 degrees, with winds of 30km/h and gusts up to 50km/h.
In the Northern Territory, a severe heatwave risk was in place around the Darwin area.
