There had been concerns because of the hot temperatures and wind gusts of up to 41 kilometres an hour being predicted but crews were able to keep it contained.

Firefighters and aircraft are working to keep the fire on the western side of the Cudgegong River.

Crews worked to strengthen containment lines on the southern and eastern edges of the fire and crews were patrolling to extinguish hot spots.

The fire had burnt out more than 2740 hectares as of Wednesday afternoon. 

A more serious threat was emerging at a fire at Gowan, north-west of Bathurst, which was declared a ‘bushfire emergency’.

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has invoked Section 44 of the Rural Fires Act 1997 in order to declare the emergency.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the blaze had increased in size and covered 300 hectares with 80 firefighters on the ground.