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Grass Fire Alert on Redcotes Rd, Nimbin

Source: NSW RFS · Lismore, NSW

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Rural Fire Service responding to grass fire on Redcotes Rd, Nimbin in Lismore council area.

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Record type
NSW incident notice
Affected area
Lismore, NSW
Issued
September 20, 2026
Source feed
NSW RFS
Incident type
Grass Fire

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 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 3,453 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (1,151 of them). Areazine has recorded 7 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.

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Alert Details

Grass fire alert issued by Rural Fire Service. Status: Responding. Type: Grass Fire. Updated: 20 Sep 2026 12:23.

Affected Areas

Redcotes Rd, Nimbin 2480, Lismore council area.

What You Should Do

Follow updates from Rural Fire Service.

Expected Conditions

Fire size: 0 ha.

Timeline

Alert updated 20 Sep 2026 12:23. Status responding.

Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗

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Similar severity timing

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Questions & Answers

Questions readers often have about this NSW incident notice.

What is a grass fire? ▾
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.
How common is this type of NSW RFS record? ▾
Grass Fire records account for 33% (1,151 of 3,453) of the NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived.
How many NSW RFS incidents has Areazine recorded for Lismore, NSW? ▾
Areazine has archived 7 NSW RFS incident notices for Lismore, NSW, across all incident types tracked in this archive.
Which source feed published this record? ▾
This record comes from the NSW RFS public incident feed. The responsible agency may differ and is identified in the source notice.

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