Fire crews are battling a fire at Weston this afternoon that is not contained at this stage.
Additional fire crews are responding to incident being dubbed Chinamans fire.
At this stage the fire remains at advice and is not directly threatening homes.
2:23pm Helicopter support taking off from Cessnock.
The fire has burned 2 hectares at this stage.
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