7News bulletin for January 11

There’s no relief in sight for exhausted firefighters across the country’s south-east as extreme conditions return to the region.

A total fire ban is in place for New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT ahead of today’s high temperatures and strong winds.

Police are warning arsonists they will be caught after several deliberately lit fires in Sydney last night.

Police were called to a small grass fire in Macquarie Park just before 11pm while a number of fires were burning outside the front fences of a number of homes.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has intensified as it continues to move towards Western Australia’s north-west.

There’s a cyclone warning in place for several communities including Exmouth.

And a real life snake on a plane has astonished Qantas passengers travelling from Cairns to Papua New Guinea.

A woman spotted it from her window seat and alerted cabin crew, but no one believed her until they saw it for themselves.