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

Multiple bushfires continue to threaten towns in Tasmania's west, with further evacuation warnings issued this morning.

Residents in one state have captured startling photos showing apocalyptic scenes as they confront a complex web of bushfires.

Advice alerts have been given fro Rosebery, Savage River and surrounding areas ... Dobson said almost 4770 dry lightning strikes hit Tasmania since late Monday. “With hot and windy weather ...

Firefighters are continuing to tackle several bushfires threatening towns and burning through tens of thousands of hectares ...

Tasmanians are being urged to leave their homes and towns, monitor conditions and prepare to take shelter as a complex web of ...

“We have also contained a further six fires, which are now being patrolled at Huskisson Drive, Lake Pieman, Exe Creek, Main ...

Bushfires have now burnt 16,000 hectares across the West Coast, a jump from the estimated 10,800 hectares reported yesterday.

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