A grass fire that spanned over a number of paddocks on the outskirts of Woodstock has been brought under control this afternoon.
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NSW Rural Fire Service brigades and local residents were fighting the blaze in paddocks on Woods Flat Road, less than five kilometres from Woodstock.
A number of fire trucks and farmers with firefighting equipment were on the scene quickly after the blaze started.
Local resident Dean Blinman, whose house is directly opposite the site of the fire, said one of his dogs became animated and alerted him to the blaze.
“Local fire brigade were very quick on the jump thankfully and the local farmers got here in a timely fashion,” he said.
“I’m near a previous Pasture Protection Board stock route.”
He said the amount of wind in the past few days and feed in the paddocks means locals are in for a long Summer.
“Obviously everyone here has got to take it seriously,” he said.
"We’ve had a very good break in early Winter and Spring so there’s plenty of feed everywhere and on a blustery day like today, it’s the leaves and the sticks and the dry grass, anything like bark that a swirly wind can shift across a road.
“Thankfully we have a few local roads that can act as permanent fire breaks so that’s our god send really.”
Support came from an aerial water bomber that launched from Cowra, dropping two loads over the site.
“The Council are here with a grater now and we’ve just had a drop from a plane with some kind of fire retardant,” Mr Blinman said.
“We all pay our fire dues and stay in contact with the local authorities, it’s good that we have a got a network of community minded people to respond quickly to these sorts of threats.”
Mr Blinman said he was in for a sleepless night protecting his property.
“Now the major concern is, what is the wind really doing?” He said.
“Spot fires are now the major concern on my front.”
An alert that the fire was as out of control was sent out about 3pm.
More to come.