Lake Condah-Millard Track fire yet to be contained but has not impacted Budj Bim cultural sites

Heywood Incident Controller Dale Antonysen said on Saturday a fire at Lake Condah-Millard Track was the only yet to be contained of 13 south-west fires now burning for more than a week.

Firefighters declared they had contained the biggest of the fires, at Crawford River, east of Dartmoor, on Friday night, after it burned about 2946 hectares.

Mr Antonysen said firefighters hoped to have the Lake Condah fire also contained by Monday when temperatures will rise again.

Authorities will close the Budj Bim national park to the public on Monday and Tuesday as a precaution and host a community meeting at Bessiebelle Hall on Sunday at 11am.

Mr Antonysen said firefighters were not aware of any damage to the cultural assets in the World Heritage Area or to the Lake Condah Mission.

"Our control strategies and the world heritage area values have been consistent with each other. With the use of aircraft including use of air tankers and ground crews," he said.

Budj Bim project manager Denis Rose said he understood the fire had burned about 500 hectares of Muldoons Block, a Gunditj Mirring site and protected area.

But he said fish traps and stone huts in the world heritage site were unlikely to be damaged.

"They at this stage don't appear to have been impacted by the fire," Mr Rose said.

He said he couldn't recall the last time a fire had threatened the Budj Bim site, and estimated it must have been longer than 20 years.

"We accept fire has always been a part of the landscape and we will hopefully continue to work with those relevant agencies," Mr Rose said.

"It's really a question of Monday, it is a critical day."

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