A fire in Tasmania's south-west wilderness has burned through more than 2,500 hectares and forced the evacuation of bushwalkers in the area, as the state is warned to brace for a scorcher on Friday.
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| Traveller Teagan Fone-Stephenson snapped this photo of the Gell River fire from the helicopter. |
Two separate fires, both started by lightning last Friday, joined together and are burning at Gell River, approximately 6 kilometres north-west of Lake Rhona, the Tasmania Fire Service said.
Parks and Wildlife personnel, supported by waterbombing aircraft, are working to contain the fire.
Leah Soo and two friends were camped at Lake Rhona on Friday and saw the fire on their way to a nearby peak.
Read the ABC News story by Ellen Coulter and Lucy MacDonald - “Campers evacuated as fire in south-west Tasmania brings smoke to Hobart.”
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