10:20am: Cobargo and Central Tilba RFS were called to initial reports of a house on fire. An RFS spokesman said it turned out to be a generator on fire, near the house, which was quickly extinguished. He said there was no damage to the home.
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9.55am: Narooma RFS crews were stood down. An RFS spokeswoman believed the fire at Nangudga Lake was from an old burn-off. Police were in attendance.
9:40am: Narooma Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews are heading south to assist Central Tilba RFS at a structure fire which is understood to be on Bermagui-Cobargo Road on Wednesday, November 13.
At about 8.30am, The Narooma crew had extinguished a fire at Nangudga Lake, Narooma, before receiving a call to a structure fire at 9.40am.
RFS NSW said the statewide total fire ban is now in force and has been extended until midnight Wednesday, November 13.
"That means no fires out in the open anywhere in NSW," a NSW RFS spokesperson said.
"Very dangerous conditions are forecast for today."
