Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on an out-of-control bushfire in western Sydney.
The fire around Fire Trail Road in Castlereagh, near Penrith, is moving northwest towards Tickner Street and Richards Road, the NSW Rural Fire Service said on Friday afternoon.
The alert level for the fire has been downgraded to advice.
"Conditions are easing on the fireground, fire activity is decreasing and firefighters are gaining the upper hand," an RFS alert said.
Firefighters were being assisted by waterbombing aircraft as they tried to bring the blaze under control.
Meanwhile, a fire at Tanilba Bay in the Port Stephens area was given a watch-and-act alert on Friday evening because of its proximity to properties.
"The fire's burning to the west of Tanilba Avenue, it's burning in marshland and it's moving in a northwesterly direction," an RFS spokesman said.
