{"id":631512,"date":"2026-04-26T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631512\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:34:14","slug":"bushfire-near-swansea-prompts-watch-and-act-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631512\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushfire near Swansea prompts Watch and Act warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bushfire burning near Swansea on Tasmania\u2019s east coast has forced authorities to issue a \u2018Watch and Act\u2019 alert.<\/p>\n

The Tasmania Fire Service said the fire on McNeills Road was travelling east towards Dolphin Sands and was \u201cexpected to impact the area by 12:40pm\u201d on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Pulse understands the fire first broke out on Thursday afternoon and had been patrolled by crews since Thursday evening before flaring up again on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fire is \u2026 not expected to cross the highway at this stage,\u201d the fire service said on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pulse understands the fire, pictured on Saturday night, first broke out on Thursday afternoon. Image \/ Sharni Dorloff<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fire is expected to be difficult to control.\u201d Tasmania Police have closed McNeills Road.<\/p>\n

The fire service warned residents to expect dangerous conditions ahead of the main fire front.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pulse understands the fire, pictured on Saturday night, first broke out on Thursday afternoon. Image \/ Sharni Dorloff<\/p>\n

\u201cEmbers, smoke and ash may threaten you and your home before the main fire,\u201d it said. \u201cIt may become difficult to see and breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n

A separate \u2018monitor conditions\u2019 alert is in place for Swansea, where the fire service says there is \u201cno immediate threat\u201d.<\/p>\n

The fire service urged anyone with a bushfire plan to check it immediately.<\/p>\n

For fire updates, visit tasalert.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bushfire burning near Swansea on Tasmania\u2019s east coast has forced authorities to issue a \u2018Watch and Act\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-631512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}