Thunderstorms overnight have brought rain over the Gospers Moutain fire. Conditions have eased and fire fighters have the best conditions to contain this fire over the coming days, but spite the rain the fire continues to burn.
fires near me says the fire is being controlled but not yet controlled. Fire crews will continue to work around the clock to bring the fire under control before the weather heats up again later in the week.
More rain and thunderstorms are forcast in the coming days, which brings the possible of fire being started by lightning.
Lighting caused a fire at Glenbrook helipad over night in the Blue Mountains , fire crews were able to bring that fire under control fairly quickly.
There are still 48 fires burnung in NSW with 20 of those fires yet to be contained.