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A wind turbine west of Goulburn in NSW has caught fire, with authorities saying that though the fire is out of reach, it poses no risk to surrounding properties.

The Rural Fire Service said there was a fire at the top of the turbine at Breadalbane.

Crews have also created an exclusion zone around the base of that turbine and monitoring for any grassfires that may occur.

The fire is contained though and it’s likely crews will be on the scene for some time today.

You don’t want to have a new variant coming in and then find out afterwards. It’ll be too late.

I spoke to a lot of Chinese Australian friends that I have and generally they do think it’s not unreasonable to make that decision.