Increasing dry lightning strikes leaving Tasmania's wilderness areas at greater risk of fire, researcher says
As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...
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Overland Track closure extended as bushfires continue to burn
The Overland Track will stay closed until next week as a precaution while bushfires continue to burn through Tasmania’s ...
Smoke from fires in Victoria and Tasmania visible from space
Lightning strikes across southeastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states.
SBS Sinhala Newsflash 06 Feb: Bushfire risk around a popular hiking route in Tasmania
In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...
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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 ...
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Stay away warning as one fire nears coastal area, another 'uncontrollable'
People are being urged to stay away from Sandy Cape and surrounds as a bushfire approaches the West Coast area.
Bushfire in Tasmania's Takayna/Tarkine burns within metres of ancient stand of Huon pine
A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.