A blaze threatening a community on Tasmania’s east coast has been successfully extinguished, in part due to the Tasmania Fire Service’s (TFS) dedicated firefighting aviation fleet.
The TFS was called to Dolphin Sands, a coastal community near the popular Freycinet Peninsula, at about 7:15am today, where a vegetation fire on the ocean side of the town was burning.
The warning was quickly escalated to Watch and Act and authorities urged those in the area to take action to protect themselves, their loved ones and homes.
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