On February 7,1967, the heat and strong winds fanned 110 fires in southern Tasmania, scorching more than 2,500 square kilometres of land. Within five hours, 62 people had been killed, hundreds ...

The Tasmania Fire Service is planning for a "longer-duration fire event" as they fight several bushfires with "challenging" weather conditions, including hot weather and little rainfall, forecast ...

As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, researchers are raising the possibility that this is the 'new normal'.

Arsonists were responsible for nearly 500 deliberately lit fires across Tasmania last year, it has has revealed, and authorities have had enough, with the blazes costing the state bucketloads and ...

Arsonists were responsible for nearly 500 deliberately lit fires across Tasmania last year, it has has revealed, and authorities have had enough, with the blazes costing the state bucketloads and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Scotchtown resident Brendan Costello shared some photos of the hail, telling the Mercury a storm passed ...

Tasmania weather: Hail storms and lightning strikes start fires in northwest. The boss of TasNetworks has warned of further power outages overnight, with 100+ transformers hit by lightning and ...

Hail and thunderstorms have lashed parts of Tasmania as lightning strikes spark a number of fires in the northwest, causing tens of thousands of homes to lose power.

Tasmania Fire Services crews from Hobart and Glenorchy attended the property on Tolosa Rd just before 6.00am. Upon arrival, the fire in the 6m x 7m shed, which contained a vehicle, ...