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Warning as fire rips through NSW nature reserve

By AAP Newswire

Nov 15, 2023

A NSW fire truck. — Firefighters are trying to control a bushfire at a nature reserve in northern NSW. -AAP Image

Fire crews are battling an immense blaze which took hold in a nature reserve in northern NSW.

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The uncontrolled fire is burning in the Narran Lake Nature Reserve, about 70km north west of Walgett and 50km south west of Lightning Ridge.

An emergency warning was issued on Wednesday afternoon after the fire breached a containment line to the southwest of the Glengarry Village.

At 4.30pm, those in the Glengarry and Grawin areas who were planning on leaving were told to do so in the direction of Lightning Ridge.

Properties in both those areas may be impacted by the fire, the NSW Rural Fire Service warned.

Firefighters assisted by waterbombing aircraft were attempting to bring the blaze under control after it burnt over 16,400ha.

A Total Fire Ban will be in place on Thursday for the Northern Slopes, North Western and Upper Central West Plains areas, with hot and windy conditions forecast for much of the state.

A bushfire information point was established on Wednesday at the Glengarry Hilton in Grawin, Opal Fields Road to provide community members with information.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press