More than 600 firefighters have been deployed and conditions are being closely monitored, but a southerly change forecast on Saturday afternoon is a concern among authorities.

Extreme heat and wind are expected to sweep into NSW and the ACT on Saturday, with warnings a large bushfire burning south of the Murray River could blow across the border.

The state’s Rural Fire Service is significantly smaller than the 70,000-strong force it has on paper, private documents show.

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