The Bureau of Meterology has issued a fire weather warning for the North, North-East and Midlands districts for Sunday, February 3, as the TFS looks to another horror day at fire fronts around Tasmania.
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The Fingal Valley has been marked as a Severe Fire Danger, while at Trenah, near Ringarooma in the North-East, a bushfire sparked by lightning was burning at Advice level as of Saturday.
A Total Fire Ban is in place until the morning of Monday, February 4.
Parks and Wildlife will be increasing patrols of campgrounds, and asks anyone who sees or knows of any fire being lit to immediately call 000.
Sunday has brought “complex” wind conditions, with multiple wind changes throughout the day, and fire conditions expected to change very quickly.
A cool change predicted for evening is likely to bring “not significant” showers.
“There is a not significant rain expected for the early part of next week,” senior forecaster Simon McCulloch said.
There is potential for rain towards the end of the week, but Mr McCulloch said he was not able to confidently predict that rain due to “dynamic” weather systems.
TFS chief officer Mr Arnol said that he “lives in hope”.
Mr Arnol said that while cooler weather had helped the TFS, they remained “very concerned” about the fires burning on the West Coast, with blazes near Stanley and Zeehan potentially flaring up in Sunday’s hot, windy conditions.
The community is advised to keep up to date through the TFS website as to any changes.
As for the Great Pine Tier fire in the Central Highlands, he said there was potential for the fire to escape its current boundaries under harder conditions, especially around the London Lakes and Bronte Park areas.
As of Saturday 40 per cent of the fire edge in the Central Highlands was actively alight, but some roads have been reopened to residents only.
In the South, students from four schools will either have a delayed return, or attend at a different location, due to the fire threat.
In the Tarkine, the Bob Brown Foundation’s forest blockade has left camp. The group have thanked the firefighters working on the blaze and pledge to return once all is safe.
“There’s a big question mark over whether the forest we’ve been defending will be there this time next week," campaigner Scott Jordan said.
As of Saturday there were 40 fires burning statewide, with the season claiming 190,000 hectares so far.
“On days of Very High Fire Danger only stay in your home if it is well prepared and you can actively defend it,” Mr Arnol said.
“Leaving early is the safest option. Spot fires may occur several kilometres ahead of a fire front, and people can expect embers to spread ahead of the fire.”
February is traditionally the worst month of the year for bushfires in Tasmania.
“There will be more challenging days ahead of us,” he said.