PHOTO: NSW Rural Fire Service fighters struggled to get access to parts of the fire. Picture: Gilgandra Rural Fire Brigade.
Firefighters are confident that a grass fire which started on 7 January and has burned 220 hectares of land west near Mialla Road east of Balladoran is now under control.
A spokesperson for the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) told the Western Plains App the fire had burned through both private land and national park, but that no houses were under threat.
Two Gilgandra crews assisted NPWS (National Parks & Wildlife Service) and other NSWRFS crews from Castlereagh Zone and Orana at this fire which kept firefighters busy for around 48 hours, supported by Large Air Tanker 166 from Dubbo…