1 / 3 Motorists drive through smoke caused by bushfires on a road near Sydney, Australia on Monday. /VCG Photo
2 / 3 Hundreds of firefighters were battling a large bushfire that burnt near Sydney homes, with authorities saying that it was "miraculous" no homes were damaged and no-one was injured. /VCG Photo
3 / 3 New South Wales state police are investigating the cause of the bushfire in south-western Sydney, which started on Saturday afternoon amid unseasonably warm autumn weather and strong winds, with suspicions it was deliberately lit. /VCG Photo