As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...

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

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

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The fire broke out in Margate Plains in the Snug Tiers Nature Recreation Area around 4.40pm, with ember attacks and the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

TFS has already suspended fire permits statewide to prepare for high fire danger across Tasmania this weekend and into early next week. Several other minor bushfires have ignited across the state ...

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) has requested interstate air support to help battle fires burning on the West Coast.