A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

Thousands of dry lightning strikes have sparked multiple bushfires, some within remote national parks and world heritage ...

A bushfire triggered by dry lightning has closed a popular walking track and global tourist draw, as firefighters battle to ...

In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...

Firefighters are concentrating their efforts on containing more than a dozen bushfires burning on Tasmania’s West Coast. 17 ...

Tasmanian firefighters have called for reinforcements from interstate as multiple bushfires burn across the state. Most of ...

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Bushfires have broken out in many parts of the West Coast as Tasmania continues to swelter.

A bushfire at Snug is expected to keep burning “for some weeks yet” as the entire state grapples with a heatwave.

People are being urged to stay away from Sandy Cape and surrounds as a bushfire approaches the West Coast area.

Lightning strikes across southeastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states.