Midday: Calmer conditions have assisted firefighters and downgraded the risk to West Coast communities — however, four battlegrounds remain a concern. In an update provided by Tasmania Fire Service, ...

Sue Marshall and others have decided to stay and fight should a bushfire descend on their tiny coastal community — saying ...

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

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

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 ...

More than 93,000 hectares of West Coast wilderness has been lost to several bushfires currently burning in the area.

Tasmania is in crisis as bushfires rage across the island’s northwest, spreading unpredictably due to high temperatures, ...

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

However, firefighting crews are crossing their fingers for relief across the weekend with predictions of a chilly change that ...

Communities near two bushfires in the northwest of the Australian island state of Tasmania have been ordered to evacuate.

Fire tears through hectares of bushland at Snug Tiers. Photo: Tasmania Fire Service However, on Tuesday, a cold front is expected to cross the state – which Mr Melitsis said would “bring an ...