As 58 bush and grass fires burn across NSW, an insurance insider warns embargoes may apply for people looking to insure their home now.

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Multiple weather warnings are in place for the Illawarra as the region faces extreme fire danger, a top of 38 degrees and wind gusts up to 100kmh.

Firefighters train their hose towards a fire. Picture (main) by ACM

As of 11am on Wednesday, October 22, no fires are burning in the Illawarra; however, there is a bushfire in Little Forest in the Shoalhaven.

A person hosing down hotspots after a shed was destroyed by fire on the Princes Highway in B

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