Belmont Wetlands fire still burning but "being controlled" by fire crews, at 'advice' level

Updated August 23 2019 - 4:52pm, first published 4:16pm
Photos from the Belmont Wetlands bushfire, which burned out of control and umped to emergency level on Thursday, August 22.

Easing weather conditions overnight have allowed firefighters to gain the upperhand on a fire that raged out of control, even jumping to emergency warning level, in Belmont on Thursday evening.

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