Grass Fire Advice for Mitchell Lane, Bourke
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Advice level alert issued for a grass fire at Mitchell Lane, Bourke, NSW 2840, not yet controlled.
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- Record type
- NSW incident notice
- Affected area
- Bourke, NSW
- Issued
- September 24, 2026
- Source feed
- NSW RFS
- Incident type
- Grass Fire
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A grass fire burns grassland or crop stubble rather than forest, and can spread faster than a bushfire in dry, windy conditions even though it usually covers a smaller area. Grass Fire records make up 33% of the 3,721 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (1,221 of them). Areazine has recorded 2 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.
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Alert Details
ALERT LEVEL: Advice. TYPE: Grass Fire. RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Fire and Rescue NSW. STATUS: Not yet controlled. SIZE: 0 ha. UPDATED: 24 Sep 2026 14:26.
Affected Areas
Mitchell Lane, Bourke, NSW 2840. Council area: Bourke.
What You Should Do
Category: Advice. No additional action steps specified in source data.
Expected Conditions
Fire: Yes. Size: 0 ha.
Timeline
Updated 24 Sep 2026 14:26. Status: Not yet controlled.
Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗
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