More aircraft deployed as bushfires burn through 10,800 hectares of Tasmanian wilderness
Firefighters are concentrating their efforts on containing more than a dozen bushfires burning on Tasmania’s West Coast. 17 fires are currently active across the region, many sparked by lightning earlier in the week, Tasmania Fire Service Deputy Chief Officer Matt Lowe said.
A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.
The Overland Track will stay closed until next week as a precaution while bushfires continue to burn through Tasmania’s ...
Lightning strikes across southeastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states.
In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...
A bushfire triggered by dry lightning has closed a popular walking track and global tourist draw, as firefighters battle to control the “uncontained” fire.
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A bushfire at Snug is expected to keep burning “for some weeks yet” as the entire state grapples with a heatwave.
A bushfire is burning at Zeehan on Tasmania's West Coast. I have worked as a journalist for more than 20 years and have lived ...
Bushwalkers are being turned away from one of Tasmania's most popular hiking trails as a significant bushfire threatens the ...
Walkers scheduled to depart today have been stopped, and those on the track have been instructed to return to Cradle Valley ...
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