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Communities on Tasmania’s west coast are facing worsening bushfire conditions, with dangerous winds fanning multiple blazes in remote and difficult terrain. Tasmania’s fire commissioner has described ...

The Tasmanian Government has activated Emergency Assistance Grants to support those impacted by fires on the West Coast. Grants are available for communities including Corinna, Sandy Cape and Pieman’s ...

Tasmanians are being urged to leave their homes and towns as raging bushfires surge across the state’s west coast, with one ...

Multiple bushfires are threatening communities on Tasmania's west coast, including the town of Zeehan. An emergency level ...

Smoke from multiple bushfires on Tasmania’s West Coast has spread across the state, blanketing Hobart and other regions.

February 14, 8am: West Coast bushfire smoke has spread down to Southern Tasmania — with a smoke alert issued, while the community of Zeehan is unable to return home after blazes swept through. The ...

If you have prepared your home and can actively defend it, it should provide shelter.If you are going to leave, make sure you have a clear path to a safer place.If your family has made a bushfire plan ...

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

Examiner photographers Paul Scambler, Phillip Biggs, and Craig George captured key moments across Northern Tasmania last week ...