UPDATE 4pm: The Tasmanian Fire Service and Tasmania Police crews are out in force on Vermont Road.
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The fire on property nearby is spreading thick smoke.
The crews are at a property at the back of Invermay where a fire has broken out in scrub-land.
The TFS has been inundated with triple-zero calls about the vegetation fire on paddock behind Invermay, but the fire now appears to be burning out.
EARLIER: A fire has broken out in Launceston.
It is understood to be a vegetation fire over the railway tracks, off Boland Street.
The Examiner is heading to the scene and will bring you the up to date details as soon as possible.
Black smoke began to billow out of the area about 3.30pm.
It can be viewed from Cimitiere Street.
A light and medium tanker have been mobilised and sent to the scene.