ACT firefighters assisting NSWRFS

Six units from ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service are working to extinguish a grass fire across the border.

NSW Rural Fire Service requested assistance this afternoon at 4:30pm. The three hectare fire is along Gooromon Ponds Road in Wallaroo.

The public may notice some smoke from the fire in north Canberra. For further details visit http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/