A burnt-out Kombi van at Glen Huon yesterday. Pictures: LUKE BOWDEN
EMERGENCY crews battled fires through the night after 60 blazes broke out across the state yesterday.
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.
For some residents the fire brought back memories of past catastrophic bushfires.
Tom Healy said he watched the fire nervously from his family's Judbury farm.
"I think this will push people [to prepare], especially after the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria," Mr Healy said.
"We have a lot of stock on the property and I've had family members ringing me because they're worried. I've had the whipper snipper out because of all the grass but it's so hot.
"It's been such a wet winter and now it's really sunny and the grass gets really long and dangerous."
Late last night the Glenlusk fire was causing the most concern for the Tasmania Fire Service.
Roads were closed as a small fire suddenly took hold, sending embers, smoke and ash across Collinsvale and surrounds.
Fire authorities warned of the dangers of spot fires that could threaten homes ahead of the fire front.
The biggest fire, in the Central Plateau, was expected to threaten shack communities at Jonah Bay and Arthurs Lake overnight and today. The blaze covered 1000ha and was burning on both sides of the Poatina Rd between Great Lake and Arthurs Lake.
Incident controller Chris Arthur from Parks and Wildlife Service said about 35 people were working on the fire, which had raced through the low heather, and workers would be relieved by three crews who would patrol the fire overnight.
About seven firefighters suffered burns as they battled a serious blaze near Forcett, east of Hobart.
More than 200 firefighters were at work statewide.
TFS officer Michael Goldsmith said the number of fires reflected the high winds and temperatures.
"We're hoping the weather will work in our favour overnight but the winds are still quite high in certain areas," Mr Goldsmith said last night.
Mr Goldsmith said crews were quickly redirected to the Collinsvale-Glenlusk fire, which was reported just before 5pm but soon came close to homes.
"We haven't advised anyone to evacuate but some people have taken that option if they weren't prepared."
Yesterday was one of the hottest November days on record, reaching 33.7C and not dropping below 22.3.
About 5900 households were without power in the Huon area for about 20 minutes last night.
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