The Madden’s Plains bushfire. Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.
THE NSW Rural Fire Service have contained a bushfire burning on Madden’s Plains at Bulli Tops this afternoon.
Crews from Helensburgh and other Illawarra brigades are currently at the scene, south of Helensburgh on the Princes Highway.
The fire has consumed about six hectares of bushland and is currently under control.
The Helensburgh Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade have posted on its Facebook Page that despite smoke being visible from the northern Illawarra, there is no threat to property.
The smoke from the bushfire as seen from the coast today. Photo: Anthony Turner.
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A journalist, writer and historian, Mick Roberts specialises in Australian cultural history, particularly associated with the Australian hotel and liquor industry. Mick has had an interest in revealing the colourful story of Australian pubs and associated industries for over 30 years. He is working on a comprehensive history of the hotel and liquor industry in the Illawarra region of NSW. Besides writing a number of history books, Mick managed several community newspapers. He has been editor of the Wollongong Northern News, The Bulli Times, The Northern Times, The Northern Leader and The Local - all located in the Wollongong region. As a journalist he has worked for Rural Press, Cumberland (News Limited), the Sydney city newspaper, City News, and Torch Publications based in Canterbury Bankstown, NSW.
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