1/362019 January Bushfires (Bush Fires) Fire in Judbury from a bushfire that started at Riveaux Road, South West. Tasmania Fire Service personnel put out a spot fire threatening a home on Donnelleys Road, Geeveston. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
Dramatic pictures: In the line of fire
See the latest images of the Tasmanian bushfires.
2/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
3/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
4/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
5/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
6/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
7/36Conducting a back-burn at the top of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, to protect a house. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
8/36Tasmania Fire Service personnel including Justin Park, left, looks for a spot fire at Crowthers Road, Castle Forbes Bay. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
9/36A barn engulfed in flames on Donnelleys Road, Geeveston, Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
10/36Tasmania Fire Service personnel put out a spot fire threatening a home on Donnelleys Road, Geeveston. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
11/36Tasmania Fire Service personnel watch on as a barn is engulfed in flames on the other side of a hill on Donnelley’s Road Geeveston. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN
12/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. A flare-up at Miena. Reader’s picture: ALEX ELDRIDGE
13/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. at Glen Huon where a water-bombing Boeing 737 was in action. Reader’s picture: NICK MONK
14/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Glaziers Bay. Reader’s picture: NICK MONK
15/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Helicopter water-bombing over the Glen Huon area. Reader’s picture: NICK MONK
16/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. The Glen Huon area. Reader’s picture: NICK MONK
17/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Fire crew from Glendevie getting ready to head out to the fire front. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
18/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Brad Somers, Kingston Fire Brigade fourth officer (pointing) on the scene in the area of Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
19/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Dylan Murphy from Kingston Fire Brigade helping to put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
20/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Kingston Fire Brigade members putting in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
21/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Dylan Murphy from Kingston Fire Brigade helping to put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
22/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. TFS firefighters put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
23/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Dylan Murphy from Kingston Fire Brigade helping to put in a controlled fire break behind a home on Donnellys Rd, Geeveston, in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
24/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Spot fire on Arve Rd near Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
25/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Spot fire on Arve Rd near Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
26/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Firefighters from Sustainable Timber, Department of Parks and Wildlife and New Zealand work on a spot fire on Arve Rd just out of Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
27/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Spot fire on Arve Rd near Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
28/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Firefighters from Sustainable Timber, Department of Parks and Wildlife and New Zealand work on a spotfire on Arve Rd just out of Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
29/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Firefighters from Sustainable Timber, Department of Parks and Wildlife and New Zealand work on a spotfire on Arve Rd just out of Geeveston in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
30/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Brett Kennedy, owner of the Geeveston Post Office, who also lives out the back of the business and will stay and defend. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
31/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Brett Kennedy, owner of the Geeveston Post Office, who also lives out the back of the business with his partner has a water tanker out the front at the ready. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
32/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. The sun viewed from Castle Forbes Bay in the Huon Valley. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
33/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. The nearly deserted main street of Geeveston. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
34/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Yachts at Port Huon marina in thick smoke. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
35/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. Firefighters near the Kermanie Hotel at Port Huon. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
36/36January 2019 Tasmanian Bushfires. The bridge at Huonville was closed to southbound traffic. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES
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