A small plane flies towards the cloud of smoke rising from a bushfire at Coonabarabran in north west New South Wales.
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A small plane flies towards the cloud of smoke rising from a bushfire at Coonabarabran in north west New South Wales.
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2007, file photo, then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks during an appearance at Bellevue University, in Bellevue, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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FILE - Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, in this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo. The White House says the president will announce Brennan's nomination as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency during an event Monday afternoon Jan. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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FILE - This Dec, 18, 2008 file photo shows then-Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel in Omaha, Neb. President Barack Obama will nominate Hagel as his next defense secretary, a senior administration official said Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The selection of the decorated Vietnam combat veteran sets up a potentially contentious confirmation hearing because Hagel has come under scrutiny from his former colleagues over his positions on Israel and Iran. Some Republicans already have declared their public opposition to Hagel replacing Pentagon chief Leon Panetta in Obama's second-term Cabinet. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)
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NSW firefighters are urging people to keep up to date as fires can change at any moment.
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Locals avoid travelling off road during the wet season but overseas visitors are not always warned of the dangers (file).
Fast-moving bushfire in western Sydney
A fast-moving grassfire has broken out in western Sydney.
The fire was reported at Marsden Park near Richmond Road and Garfield Road West shortly before 9pm (AEDT), the RFS says.
An RFS spokeswoman said the fire had moved past the properties and into nearby grassland.
"Crews are on the scene protecting properties but there is no direct threat to properties at this time," she told AAP.
No evacuations had taken place, she added.
By 10pm (AEDT), the RFS reported the fire had been contained.
Richmond Road and Garfield Road West had been reopened, the RFS Facebook page said.
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