As Farm Weekly went to press on Tuesday the bushfire had reportedly devastated 160,000 hectares of land and strong winds were on the way.

Carnarvon shire president Karl Brandenburg said he was right in the thick of the action at the fire front but was safe.

He said his biggest concern was the winds which were getting stronger.

The fire was burning near the Manberry, Mardathuna, Boologooro, Cooralya and Hill Springs homesteads, near the North West Coastal Highway and west of Kennedy Range National Park about 60 kilometres south of Minilya Roadhouse.

He said the shire and the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) were working hard to get containment lines in place to deal with the heavy winds.

"We are out there frantically cutting in containment lines now," Mr Brandenburg said.

"We have one cut line in but we are just organising for another two or three to go in.

"As we work back towards the town they get shorter and shorter so we can get them in quicker.

"Unfortunately the wind looks like it is going to pick up so we just need to contain it."

Mr Brandenburg said the fire was heading towards the Gascoyne River and it was important to try and get it contained before it got there.

He said the fire had been burning for about eight days and started from a lightning strike.

He said FESA, Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) and some volunteers were all working together in getting the fire under control.

"We have about 70 volunteers from around Carnarvon and who have come up from Perth to help at the moment which is good," he said.

FESA said in a warning there was no immediate threat to lives or homes.

At the time of Farm Weekly going to press the fire had lessened in intensity but was moving in a northerly and north-westerly direction due to erratic winds.

The western edge of the fire had crossed North West Coastal Highway and was running westerly towards Lake Macleod as well as along the eastern edge of the highway.

Hill Springs station owner Janice Hopkinson, who runs 2000 head of cattle, said last Tuesday that the fire had eased after a worrying day on Monday.

"We still have fires around us but everything is fine and the homestead is fine," Mrs Hopkinson said.

"We were just trying to keep the fire out of cattle country.

"It has burnt a fair bit of our spinifex sandhill country where we didn't have any cattle.

"All our cattle are okay at the moment."