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The RFS states the Cliff Drive fire is now under control.
EARLIER:
A watch and act alert has been issued for a fire burning out of control off Cliff Drive in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
The alert was issued at 4.44pm.
A watch and act alert means there is a heightened level of threat.
"Conditions are changing and you need to start taking action now to protect you and your family," the NSW Rural Fire Service states.
On Monday, Rural Fire Service Blue Mountains chief David Jones urged Mountains residents to consider leaving their homes to avoid the predicted catastrophic fire conditions.
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