Work continued for the Rural Fire Service over the weekend with a number of fires sparked, mostly by a late afternoon storm.
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The biggest fire in the Windeyer area was 180-200 hectares, while one at Tallawang was around 400 hectares.
The storms brought little in the way of rain, with just over 2mm recorded in Gulgong and a mere 0.6mm at Mudgee.
Water-bombing aircraft were a common sight in the skies over the weekend, which Cudgegong RFS District manager, superintendent Troy Porter, said were a significant part of their firefighting efforts.
“On Friday night we had another seven fires start, from lightning, and another two on Saturday afternoon,” he said.
“Two [of the Friday fires] were out around Gulgong and another four towards Windeyer.
“Between heavy plant, aircraft and crews, we sorted those ones out pretty quickly.
“We had quite a few [water-bombing aircraft] around throughout the weekend, which helped us out a lot.”
The RFS had predicted a tough weekend for the region and therefore continued a heavy presence during the ‘Very High’ fire danger period.
It also appears last week’s efforts to contain the Kains Flat fire were successful after it’s burned just under 7000 hectares.
Supt Porter said, “it’s back at patrol now and we’ll just have to monitor that for the next two weeks to keep an eye on it”.
In favourable conditions crews carried out back burning to construct and strengthen containment lines at the fire.
