Midday: Calmer conditions have assisted firefighters and downgraded the risk to West Coast communities — however, four battlegrounds remain a concern. In an update provided by Tasmania Fire ...

Shack owners on Tasmania's west coast are banding together as authorities ... by fires burning westward along both sides of the Pieman River. "If the embers get to us, we are prepared," Ms ...

We are going to end our live coverage of the West Coast fire situation in Tasmania here ... Smith says neither the Montana mine, Savage River mine or Granville Harbour wind farm have been impacted ...