Rural Fire Service NSW Mid Coast district officer, Stuart Robb has reassured that at no time was property under threat during the bushfire along Peppers Creek, Forster.
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Mr Robb said the main concern was the amount of smoke coming from the fire which ignited after jumping the narrow channel from the Big Island bushfire which began earlier this week.
Yesterday's fire was a result of embers whipped up by a strong southerly change which moved up the coast early in the afternoon.
Today's forecast was for 20 to 30 km/h southwesterly winds tending south 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon.
He said the big issue was the amount of smoke from the fires which was hazardous for vehicles travelling along The Lakes Way.
"We make that determination from the intelligence we gather from ground crews and the air," he said.
Crews will continue throughout today to mop up and monitor the situation.
Since the Big Island bushfire began in the early hours of Wednesday, August 21 more than 130 hectares had been burnt.
