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UPDATE
NINE fire units have contained a grassfire that broke out at the Tamworth Airport.
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The firefighters worked quickly to douse the blaze, which spread “a couple of hundred metres”.
Witnesses told The Leader a lightning strike ignited the fire before it took off in the dry grass, near Kettle Road.
EARLIER
EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a fire near Tamworth airport on Thursday afternoon.
A witness told The Leader the “raging” fire was a result of a lightning strike.
A waterbombing helicopter has been deployed to the area and RFS crews and police are also on scene.
There are reports the grassfire is a couple of hundred metres in length, off the Oxley Highway.
