Operations officer for the Rural Fire Service Russell Clark said the fire remained within containment lines and the fire ground within Gulaga National Park that had burned around 3000 hectares.

Conditions were too risky to conduct back burning on Saturday and Sunday, and then conditions were too mild to back burn on Monday, he said.

Crews from the RFS, State Forests and National Parks remain active on the fire ground and are prepared to conduct more back burning when conditions improve.

RFS volunteers from various southern groups protected various properties on the weekend fighting the fire as it emerged from the edge of the national park onto pasture land.

Tilba Chamber of Commerce president Sol Ramana-Clarke said Sunday was “pretty scary” for Central Tilba.

He took photographs on Sunday of the fire at "Sea Mark Rock" burning upwind of the village in hot gusty Northwest windy weather.

“Onlookers at the Central Tilba water tower were asked to leave in the afternoon as the fire got close to sweeping up Paradise Hill directly behind the village,” he said.

“The fire also burnt the water pipe in the Tilba Tilba valley leaving the village without water (on Monday).”

The fire was also on the property on the northern ridge known as "The Never Never, he said.

Morale excellent for Tilba firies

The captain of the Tilba Rural Fire Service brigade Bruce Allen said while his 20 or so firefighters were exhausted after the weeks of fighting the fire, morale was excellent.

After the initial break-out of the fire in the national park on Thursday, August 29, the volunteers worked up to eight days straight on the fire.

But rain last week gave them a break, before the most recent flare up on the weekend again had crews working long days and nights.

Fire officers in the Tilba brigade took on two hour shifts to constantly patrol the fireground.

Mr Allen said he like the other residents of the Tilbas welcomed the fire.

“It’s brilliant and something we have all been waiting to happen,” he said.

“The majority of the fire has been low intensity, almost the perfect backburn.

“We all wanted it burned, it’s just that none of the agencies were prepared to take the risk.”

Mr Allen said morale at the brigade was “tops”.

“The support and back-up for the brigade from the community and the rest of the agencies has been more than fantastic,” he said.

“But then again this was a show of community support, I knew Tilba always had.”