Monday, 25 September 2017

Fire Crews Busy on Hunter Blazes

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

UPDATE: 2:15pm

The fire at Main Creek Dungog has been downgraded back to ADVICE.

Crews are working to keep the blaze within containment lines.

UPDATE: 2pm

RFS crews are attending to a fire at Main Creek Dungog which is currently at WATCH and ACT level.

It's burnt through around 14 hectares on Main Creek Road and is yet to be controlled.

Fire crews are on the ground trying to control the blaze as there are isolated properties in the area.

James Morrison from the RFS says at this stage no properties are directly under threat, but the situation could change in an instant - if you live along Killarney Road or Skimmings Gap Road the advice is to implement your bush fire survival plan now.

Meanwhile,

There is still a small bushfire on Old Maitland Road at Abermain and another on the Abermain Fire Trail which has burnt through around 2 hectares.

EARLIER:

Firefighters are working to contain a number of bush fires across the Hunter.

RFS crews have been called to a 1 hectare fire on Old Maitland Road at Abermain.

Water bombers have been called in to assist with a 14 hectare fire at MAIN CREEK north east of Dungog and another 14 hectare blaze at Chichester Dam.

And, a fire on the Golden Highway at Denman is now under control after burning through 5 hectares.