Planned Burn on Blue Hills Road, Glen Innes

Source: NSW RFS · Glen Innes Severn

Areazine synthesizes this NSW incident notice directly from NSW RFS's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.

A planned burn of 18 hectares is underway on Blue Hills Road in Glen Innes and remains under control.

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Record type
NSW incident notice
Affected area
Glen Innes Severn
Issued
September 15, 2026
Source feed
NSW RFS
Incident type
Planned Burn

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 planned or hazard-reduction burn is deliberately lit by fire authorities under controlled conditions to reduce fuel loads ahead of the fire season, not an uncontrolled incident. Planned Burn records make up 25% of the 3,396 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (851 of them). Areazine has recorded 7 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.

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Alert Details

ALERT LEVEL: Planned Burn TYPE: Hazard Reduction STATUS: Under control RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Fire and Rescue NSW UPDATED: 15 Sep 2026 10:28

Affected Areas

LOCATION: BLUE HILLS RD, GLEN INNES 2370 COUNCIL AREA: Glen Innes Severn SIZE: 18 ha

What You Should Do

No specific resident instructions are provided in the source data.

Expected Conditions

No temperature, wind, or accumulation details are provided in the source data.

Timeline

The alert was updated at 15 Sep 2026 10:28. The burn is listed as under control.

Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗

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Questions & Answers

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What is a planned burn?
A planned or hazard-reduction burn is deliberately lit by fire authorities under controlled conditions to reduce fuel loads ahead of the fire season, not an uncontrolled incident.
How common is this type of NSW RFS record?
Planned Burn records account for 25% (851 of 3,396) of the NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived.
How many NSW RFS incidents has Areazine recorded for Glen Innes Severn?
Areazine has archived 7 NSW RFS incident notices for Glen Innes Severn, 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.