THE residents of a township in southern NSW are gathering together after a bushfire cut off their planned escape route.
About a dozen people in Tarcutta, east of Wagga Wagga, have arrived at the Tarcutta RSL and Citizens Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Most of the 300 locals are believed to still be in the area.
More are expected to arrive as club director Ngharie McCallum urges them to take shelter from the conditions.
"It is very close to the township," Ms McCallum told AAP.
"The town is full of smoke.
"It's been so hot and dry today it's like a furnace."
She said there had been plans to evacuate before residents received updated information not to flee the area.
"My daughter's just told me we can't go anywhere so we're going to stay put in the RSL club," Ms McCallum said.
"We're just sort of sitting and waiting because apparently we are surrounded by fire."
An hour earlier, the NSW Rural Fire Service said a fire at the southern side of the township could impact the area at anytime.
Residents were warned to take shelter as it was too late to flee the area.
Embers could be blown up to 4km ahead of the fire, creating spot fires that could move in different directions.
Tarcutta is located on the Hume Highway, which has been closed.
Ms McCallum said the township had not been threatened by bushfire in the 46 years she had been living there.
"They're saying there's another fire north of us so we are virtually in the middle of fire," Ms McCallum said.
"We are surrounded."
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