FIRE crews extinguished a small grass blaze on Goulburn’s eastern outskirts on Saturday afternoon.

NSW Fire and Rescue was called to the fire on a no through road, off Bungonia Rd at 3.15pm.

There were unconfirmed residents’ reports a property owner had been using a slasher just before the outbreak. Smoke plumes could be seen from the Hume Highway but the blaze only burnt through about two acres.

Two town brigades were joined by five RFS crews – two from Bungonia and three Support units.

NSW Fire and Recue retained firefighter Chris Grady said while the wind was reasonably light at the time, the greater concern was that it could have jumped the road into longer grass. However they extinguished the fire within 30 minutes.

While a total fire ban was not in place in the fire region on Saturday, people are reminded to be eternally vigilant with the use of machinery, given the dry conditions.

The outbreak comes three weeks after a 60 hectares tore through land off the Goulburn Bypass in gusting conditions. It was sparked after a vehicle lost its trailer wheel on the Hume Highway.

Also on Saturday afternoon, at 4pm, the RFS was called to a grass fire at Bullspit Rd, Brayton. Marulan brigades are attending and are expected to be joined by others. At the time of writing, the fire had been contained.