Wednesday 27 January 2016

Wildfires

Wildfires - Tasmania

About 150 residents of northwest Tasmania have been relocated by boat after spending much of the day sheltering on a beach from raging bushfires.

A 7,000-hectare blaze that has been burning for days posed a threat to holiday shacks at the small communities of Temma, Arthur River and Nelson Bay, where people were told to evacuate at about 5am on Wednesday.

Many people had nowhere to go but the beach, where they remained until the firefront passed late in the afternoon.

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