Christmas miracle, rain comes to the aid of volunteer firemen to extinguish the fires in Australia

Rain is projected to fall in coastal areas north of Newcastle on Wednesday, while Sydney will have a 50 - percent chance of having rain.

Most coastal areas are still at risk of fires, but the good news is that the fires are not as large as they were earlier, Telegrafi broadcast.

Still no total extinguishing of the fire in the country. Almost 75 bush and grass fires were burned on Tuesday night, including the mega of Mount Gospers in northwest Sydney, the Green Wattle Creek fire in the southwest city, and the southern coast's Crownian fire.

More than 2,000 firefighters will spend this week making substantial preparations before conditions deteriorate again across the country likely this weekend. Penrith, west of Sydney, will reach 37C on Saturday and 39C on Sunday.

On Tuesday the mega-fire areas of Mount Gospers that still burn west of Sydney and the flame of Green Wattle Creek in the South Mountains remained dry.

No rain is predicted for the coming days in Adelaide, where the Cudlee Creek fire that destroyed 86 houses in Adelaide Hills continues to burn.

At least 873 NSW houses have been destroyed this time of fire and 353 in New Wales.