Bushfire information session
The Tasmania Fire Service will hold a bushfire information session at Fingal Hall at 4pm on Tuesday.
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The meeting has been arranged so the public can learn more about the Mangana Road bushfire and ask questions.
The fire has so far burned more than 1500 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of some residents.
Some homes are feared to have been lost to the blaze.
A significant fire at Pelham in the Derwent Valley continues to risk the safety of residents as well as those in Elderslie and Broadmarsh.
Watch and act alerts remain
Up to 60 fire fighters will continue to fight an uncontrolled fire in Fingal over Tuesday.
The fire, which was believed to have been started by a lightning strike, has so far burned through 1500 hectares of land.
Tasmania Fire Service chief officer Chris Arnol said crews battled to save between 20 to 30 structures saved overnight.
He said 11 people presented at the St Marys evacuation centre on Tuesday.
Mr Arnol said he was unable to speculate whether any homes had been lost to the fire.
The service has said the fire has put the area at high risk over the next six hours.
Mr Arnol said 406 ground lightning strikes were registered across the state on Monday.
He said aerial patrols on Tuesday morning detected a new fire caused by lightning between Swansea and Bicheno.
"That's a good result as far as lightning detection goes," Mr Arnol said.
"That said, fires can still pop up.
"We've still got high or very high fire danger in the state today so if fires pop up, we want people to report them."
He said 67 fires started in the South on Monday but only two remained a concern.
A fire at Pelham in the Derwent Valley had wiped out 1300 hectares according to the most recent mapping assessment, Mr Arnol said.
The fire was fought by 120 personnel at its peak on Monday.
"Crews saved a significant number of structures there last night," Mr Arnol said.
"Seventy per cent of the fire ground has been assessed and while we have got some structural losses, we're not sure if any homes have been lost."
Nine residents went to the Brighton evacuation centre and five stayed overnight.
Mr Arnol said a fire at Strathgordon fire, which was surrounded by water on three sides, had been downgraded to advice level.
Bureau of Meteorology state manager Simon McCulloch said cooler weather was forecast over the next few days after a day of high 30s and low 40s across the state.
He said between 15 and 20 locations across the state broke December records.
Mr McCulloch said temperatures were expected to head into the 30s on Saturday in the South-East.
