Residents in the Dubbo district are waking up to a smoke haze on Sunday morning.
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An easterly wind change pushed smoke from bushfires in other parts of the state overnight, the NSW Bureau of Meteorology said in a post to Twitter.
There were no bushfires in the Dubbo district at 10am, the Fires Near Me website showed.
However a grass fire started in the early hours of Sunday morning on the Golden Highway, before it was put out, Boothenba Rural Fire Brigade reported.
Noting air quality readings, the brigade urged people with breathing issues to stay indoors.
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A reduced visibility alert was issue for the Central Tablelands on Sunday morning at 7am.
NSW's smoke issues have dragged into a third week.
The NSW environment department said this season's bushfire emergency has caused "some of the highest air pollution ever seen in NSW".