Fire burns for a week

A fire that was accidentally lit on Friday, October 5, at Lobster Beach did not stop burning until almost a week later on Thursday, October 11.

The fire, which was started around 6:30am on the southern end of Lobster Beach from a campfire, burned roughly 140 hectares of bushland in the vicinity of Pretty Beach, Killcare, Hardys Bay and Lobster Beach.

Around 25 crews consisting of 118 personnel fought the fire which destroyed two timber decks at Pretty Beach House.

Although no formal evacuation notice was given to residents in the area, police undertook a doorknock to surrounding properties and gave residents the choice to stay and defend their properties or leave.

Nobody was injured in the fire.

Kaitlin Watts, 11 Oct 2012

Steve Marsh, NSW Rural Fire Service Gosford district