The Sydney Morning Herald | Hazard-reduction burns blanket Sydney in smoke The Sydney Morning Herald The air quality in parts of Sydney was rated as "hazardous" on Friday morning as smoke from a number of hazard reduction burns blanketed the city, before expected rain at the start of the weekend. The NSW Rural Fire Service said it was taking advantage ... Why is it so smoky in Sydney? Smoke blankets Sydney following extensive hazard reduction burns Sydney residents awake on Friday to city shrouded in thick smoke from back-burning at Cottage Point |