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2013/05/15 12:49
2013/05/15 12:49
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A PARKED truck loaded with lead-acid batteries caught fire in George Town this evening. Police said three homes in the immediate area of Mary St were evacuated as a precaution. A section of the...
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2013/05/15 01:48
2013/05/15 01:48
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A SCIENCE experiment gone wrong forced the temporary evacuation of a Northern high school this morning. A Tasmania Fire Service spokesman said a science experiment created a large amount of smoke...
2013/05/14 22:48
2013/05/14 22:48
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A SMOKE scare saw a section of Hobart's CBD closed to traffic for more than an hour this morning. Tasmania Fire Service crews were called to Elizabeth St just after 6am to find smoke inside Elizabeth...
2013/05/14 00:48
2013/05/14 00:48
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SIX people were taken to hospital last night after a toxic scare at Hobart airport. The incident happened after an unkown white powder was found on a Toll Air freight plane, an Ambulance Tasmania...
2013/05/13 23:48
2013/05/13 23:48
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FIRE investigators have found a blaze that caused $30,000 to a northern home overnight to have been accidental. A Tasmania Fire Service spokesman said the crews were called to the home in Hart St in...
2013/05/13 01:48
2013/05/13 01:48
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SEVEN Tasmania Fire Service crews have battled a blaze that has destroyed a home at Beechford in the North of the state this morning after being called to the residence just after 11am. A TFS...
2013/05/08 23:48
2013/05/08 23:48
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A HOUSING Tasmania property last night became the latest in a string of Tasmanian homes to be gutted by fire in recent weeks. Police said the Tasmania Fire Service was alerted to the fire in North...
2013/05/08 19:48
2013/05/08 19:48
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ENDLESS red tape is tying up new home construction at the cost of Tasmanian landowners and builders, housing and construction leaders say. Residential construction in the state is at its lowest...
2013/05/08 19:48
2013/05/08 19:48
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CHAINSAWS will be buzzing in Dunalley next weekend as volunteers chip in to cut, split and deliver at least 500 tonnes of firewood to residents hit by the January bushfires. The Warmer Winter Weekend...
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2013/05/07 01:48
2013/05/07 01:48
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FIRE INVESTIGATORS are heading to the scene of a fire that destroyed a West Coast home overnight. A Tasmania Fire Service spokesman said the house on the Murchison Highway at Tullah was fully alight...
2013/05/07 00:52
2013/05/07 00:52
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The Tasmania Fire Service has issued an urgent warning for gas heaters, cylinders and their connecting hoses to be checked after an emergemcy at a workshop at Invermay, in suburban Launceston. Fire...
2013/05/02 03:48
2013/05/02 03:48
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AN overnight house fire in Gagebrook is believed to have been deliberately lit. Police said the blaze in 54 Tottenham Rd, which was reported at 6.50pm yesterday, caused about $50,000 to the privately...
2013/05/01 02:48
2013/05/01 02:48
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TASRAIL crews are working to clear the site of another train derailment near Colebrook in the state's south. The company said the latest derailment happened about 3.25am today, with no injuries...
2013/05/01 01:48
2013/05/01 01:48
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A SPATE of accidents across greater Hobart has kept police busy this morning. A person was reported trapped after a two-vehicle crash on Campbell Street, Hobart, about 9.40am, with the Tasmania Fire...
2013/04/30 23:48
2013/04/30 23:48
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A RICHMOND vineyard manager has praised the expertise of the Tasmania Fire Service, saying their actions helped prevent $2 million damage to his Nocton Park winery on Saturday. Richard Meyman could...
2013/04/27 16:55
2013/04/27 16:55
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FIREFIGHTERS will remain on alert today as winds of up to 80km/h are expected to continue to blast areas near Hobart where several fires were burning in bushland and threatening rural...
2013/04/27 08:48
2013/04/27 08:48
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ON a day of high fire danger well beyond the end of the official fire season, Tasmania Fire Service crews are busy battling blazes around Southern Tasmania. The main fire of concern is at Tea Tree Rd...
2013/04/26 16:55
2013/04/26 16:55
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FIREFIGHTERS are back on high alert today because of extreme winds and unusually warm temperatures. A "very high" fire danger warning has been issued for Tasmania's South-East and Derwent Valley,...
2013/04/26 05:48
2013/04/26 05:48
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WE may have had a brief taste of winter, but the weather bureau is warning of high fire dangers tomorrow. The Bureau of Meteorology says the weather pattern currently crossing the state will...
2013/04/25 10:48
2013/04/25 10:48
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THE discovery of a canister filled with a toxic substance on a North-East beach has prompted police to issue a public safety warning. The aluminium canister was handed in to St Helens police today...