7PM UPDATE: This fire is now downgraded to “patrol” status. 5.20PM UPDATE: The Tasmania Fire Service advises that this fire is being controlled. EARLIER: Crews from local fire brigades are responding to a reported bushfire at Plenty, just outside New Norfolk. The incident was first reported at about 4.15pm, on
MAYDENA couple Gwen and Jack Spinks are named as the latest recipient of the Derwent Valley Community Achiever Award in the next print edition of New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News, out tomorrow (September 15). The couple have played leading roles in the Tyenna Valley community since making their home
11PM UPDATE: Police say the house in Charlotte St, New Norfolk, was extensively damaged in this afternoon’s structure fire. They say there was no one inside the house at the time but two people in the area were treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics. The cause of the blaze has
THE cause of a house fire at New Norfolk this morning will be investigated. Volunteer firefighters from the New Norfolk and Magra fire brigades responded at about 10am today (Sunday), finding smoke issuing from the building. Two people in Britten St house were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of what is believed to be another chimney fire at the Bush Inn Hotel in New Norfolk. The alarm was raised at about 5pm today (Monday) when smoke and flames could be seen issuing from one of the historic hotel’s chimneys. The nearly 200-year-old
CREWS from the New Norfolk and Magra fire brigades have extinguished a blaze at the Kensington Park Racecourse at New Norfolk tonight (July 30). The stewards tower at the facility in Kensington St was fully involved in fire when the first crews arrived at about 9.15pm. The fire in the
POLICE have charged a 66-year-old Miena man in relation to a fire yesterday morning that destroyed a residence on Highland Lakes Rd at Miena in the Central Highlands. The man will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court later today (July 12). “Around 7am emergence services attended the property and Tasmania
THE Tasmania Fire Service says a highlands shack was destroyed by fire this morning (July 11). “Around 7am this morning, emergency services attended a structure fire on Highland Lakes Rd at Miena,” a TFS spokesperson said. The main dwelling on the property was destroyed despite the best efforts of fore
AMBULANCE officers treated a woman for smoke inhalation at the scene of a house fire at New Norfolk early this morning (July 7). Crews from New Norfolk and Magra fire brigades attended structure fire in Graham Court at Fairview, which was reported around 3am. On their arrival it appeared that
A GRANTON house was damaged by fire earlier today. The Tasmania Fire Service sent crews to the scene in Rowbottoms Rd at about 1.45pm after receiving Triple Zero calls about smoke coming from the roof of a house. The responding crews found the house well engulfed by flames. See more
UPDATE AT 4.55PM: The fire is now reported as being brought under control. A medium tanker has joined the first responding vehicle. EARLIER: The Tasmania Fire Service has sent a light tanker to investigate the report of a vegetation fore at Lawitta Rd, Lawitta. The incident was reported at 4.34pm.
UPDATE: As of 3.20pm the fire is reported to have been contained. EARLIER: Two units from the New Norfolk Fire Brigade are responding to the report of a vegetation fire at Sorell Creek. The Lyell Hwy incident was reported at 3.30pm and a light tanker and medium tanker have been
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