Out-of-control bushfires are still raging in Tasmania

Out-of-control bushfires are still raging in Tasmania's north-west, with several communities at risk from falling embers.

Residents are leaving their homes voluntarily as authorities battle to bring the blazes under control.

Police revealed that one of the 80 fires burning around the state was deliberately lit.

Read the ABC story - “Tasmanian fires burning out of control prompt residents to evacuate.”