Fire bans in some NSW national parks

Continuing dry conditions and predicted extreme fire weather in NSW's Lithgow, Oberon and Bathurst districts have prompted the imposition of national park fire bans.

Acting Blue Mountains Regional Manager Kim de Govrik said the fire bans were in place until further notice and were necessary during such dangerous fire periods.

"Deteriorating fire weather leading up to extreme temperatures next Wednesday mean we have introduced the temporary ban in the interest of public safety and for the protection of these reserves," he said in a statement on Friday.

The bans mean that people may not light fires in National Parks-run parks, nature reserves, conservation areas and historic sites in the affected areas.

The bans also apply to gas barbecues.