Power has been restored to 35-thousand homes in Port Stephens following yesterday's devastating bush fires.
Light rain and cooler conditions has helped firefighters strengthen containment lines on 3 fires at Fingal Bay, Salt Ash and Heatherbrae.
Dozens of people were forced to spend the night at an evacuation centre set up at Willaimtown and there are still a number of road closures in place.
Brendan Doyle from the Rural Fire Service said crews have worked through the night to gain the upper hand on the fire.
"The Salt Ash fire that was burning for most of the day yesterday is now contained. Fire crews are working quite hard on the the Fingle Bay and Heatherbrae area to get containment as soon as possible through the day. Fortunately no threat to property at this stage." Mr Doyle said.
