After thousands of lightning strikes recorded from a thunderstorm moving through the north of the Upper Lachlan shire on Friday, the Rural Fire Service NSW was tasked to a fire north of Laggan.
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The fire, which started on the Thalaba property, crossed the Peelwood Road onto a neighbouring property, but was quickly contained on Friday evening.
The fire was started by a lightning strike and burnt about 29 hectares with 14 fire trucks from local brigades attending.
On Saturday morning, the area was showing hot spots after rain had fallen in the area overnight. Crews were still on the scene attending to those hot spots.
The second fire in the north of the shire was at Peelwood. There were a number of fires in trees from lightning strikes reported.
