Residents at Dolphin Sands have been told to take action now as a bushfire burning near Swansea moves toward the coastal community.<\/p>\n
The Tasmania Fire Service on Sunday issued a Watch and Act warning for Dolphin Sands, including Cambria Drive, after a fire broke out at McNeills Road, Swansea.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the fire was travelling east towards Dolphin Sands and was expected to impact the area by 12.40pm.<\/p>\n
The fire service warned the blaze was expected to be difficult to control, with embers, smoke and ash likely to threaten homes and residents before the main fire front arrived.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake action now to protect yourself, your family, and your home,\u201d the warning said.<\/p>\n
Residents have been urged to check their bushfire plans immediately and decide early whether they will leave, ensuring they have a clear path to a safer place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are not prepared for a bushfire, be ready to leave for a safer place,\u201d authorities said. \u201cIf you stay, your home may not be defendable.\u201d<\/p>\n
People have also been warned to travel only if it is safe to do so.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a separate Bushfire Advice remains in place for McNeills Road, Swansea.<\/p>\n
The advice warning states there is currently no immediate threat, but the fire is travelling towards Swansea and conditions are expected to remain changeable.<\/p>\n
Residents in the area have been urged to continue monitoring conditions and review their bushfire survival plans.<\/p>\n
The Tasmania Fire Service said well-prepared homes were expected to be defendable under the current conditions, but anyone not properly prepared should consider relocating to a safer place if the situation worsens.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf your plan is to leave, the best option is to stay with family or friends,\u201d the advice said.<\/p>\n
Fire crews remain at the scene battling the blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents at Dolphin Sands have been told to take action now as a bushfire burning near Swansea moves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,689,306492,306491,306493,139305,185718,2057,91675,91674,44,3583,677,306490,306494,2801,3586],"class_list":["post-632861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-bushfire-plans","tag-bushfire-survival-plans","tag-city-of-swansea","tag-coastal-community","tag-dolphin-sands","tag-europe","tag-fire-crews","tag-fire-service","tag-news","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-safer-place","tag-swansea-bushfire-moves","tag-tasmania","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632861","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=632861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}