Homes threatened as bushfires rage

Tasmania's central lakes area is battling a large bushfire that could threaten lives.

Vehicles on fire in the bushfire at Glen Huon in south-east Tasmania. Picture: Luke Bowden Source: The Mercury

A BUSHFIRE has jumped containment lines, putting homes under threat in a Hobart suburb.

The Tasmanian Fire Service said the fire at Glenlusk, a northwest suburb, jumped one of the containment lines on Glenlusk Road this morning.

"It's heading toward some houses,'' a spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman said fire units were at the scene protecting properties while police closed off the road.

She said residents were being asked to activate their bushfire plans and assist firefighters by protecting their properties if they were able to.

The smouldering ruins of a house/shanty destroyed by bushfire in Glen Huon. Picture: Luke Bowden Source: The Mercury

Several other bushfires burning at Glen Huon, Forcett and Central Plateau were not currently threatening properties, she said.

Emergency crews battled fires through the night after 60 blazes broke out across the state yesterday, The Mercury reported.

Temperatures up to 34C in the South and strong winds fanned the flames in an early warning of the summer fire season ahead.

Several shacks and vehicles in the Glen Huon area were destroyed.

Some residents evacuated areas affected by the worst fires, including Glen Huon and Geeveston in the South and Glenlusk near Collinsvale, north-west of Hobart.

Ben Duggan (left) and Connor Robson in the thick of smoke putting out a bushfire in Glen Huon. Picture: Luke Bowden Source: The Mercury

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