Out-of-control bushfire burning more than 15,000ha continues to spread near Hill End, NSW

A bushfire near Hill End, north of Bathurst, is threatening homes and growing rapidly. (ABC News)

Homes and buildings have been destroyed and hundreds of animals killed by an out-of-control Tambaroora bushfire near Hill End, in the NSW Central West. 

The 15,700-hectare blaze north of Bathurst has burnt two homes and five outhouses, while 400 sheep and 300 cattle have perished.