Bushfire Alert OLD MAITLAND RD Cessnock
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Bushfire at Cessnock Waste Depot on Old Maitland Rd, Cessnock is not yet controlled.
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- Record type
- NSW incident notice
- Affected area
- Cessnock
- Issued
- September 22, 2026
- Source feed
- NSW RFS
- Incident type
- Bushfire
The NSW RFS source feed includes fires, planned burns, emergency responses, and other incidents. Use the source incident notice to identify the event type, current status, responsible agency, boundary, and instructions because those details can change quickly.
A bushfire burns bushland, forest, or scrub. NSW RFS advice level (Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning) reflects how much danger the fire poses right now, which this archived record does not update. Bushfire records make up 39% of the 3,622 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (1,416 of them).
Record status: publication date is recent, but current status is not stored on this page. Check the issuing agency's live warning service before acting because warnings can be updated, narrowed, or cancelled.
Alert Details
ALERT LEVEL: Not Applicable Agency: NSW RFS Source Type: Bushfire Alert TYPE: Other FIRE: Yes SIZE: 0 ha STATUS: Not yet controlled UPDATED: 22 Sep 2026 12:37
Affected Areas
LOCATION: CESSNOCK WASTE DEPOT, OLD MAITLAND RD, CESSNOCK 2325 COUNCIL AREA: Cessnock
What You Should Do
No specific action steps provided in source data.
Expected Conditions
No temperature, wind, or accumulation details provided in source data.
Timeline
pub_date: 22/09/2026 2:37:00 AM Updated: 22 Sep 2026 12:37 GUID: https://incidents.rfs.nsw.gov.au/api/v1/incidents/678920
Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗
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