PHOTO: Drivers are urged to remain vigilant as crews are still on the ground. Photo: Rural Fire Service Facebook
Fire has been contained on the Sandstone Cave Walking Track and traffic is open on the Newell Highway again.
It took five days of hard work by the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and National Parks to contain the blaze, which kept the Highway closed until this afternoon.
Fire broke out Wednesday at 3:40pm, around 40 kilometres northeast of Coonabarabran and quickly spread due to heavy winds and dry conditions…