Crews hoping to contain Sydney bushfire

By Jamie McKinnell and Dominica Sanda
Updated April 16 2018 - 6:54pm, first published 6:46pm
Southwest Sydney's bushfire alert has been downgraded, but fires continue to burn near homes.
Southwest Sydney's bushfire alert has been downgraded, but fires continue to burn near homes.

Sydney firefighters hope a huge back burning operation will help contain a bushfire in the city's southwest that may have been deliberately lit before it came dangerously close to suburban homes.