{"id":913557,"date":"2026-10-02T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:50:13","slug":"glenorchy-tip-fire-sends-flames-above-hobarts-northern-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913557\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenorchy tip fire sends flames above Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasmania Fire Service crews have rushed to extinguish a fire at the Glenorchy tip in Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The fire at the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre on Jackson Street was reported shortly after 9pm.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the fire, which reportedly consisted of a pile of mattresses, is being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>Large flames were visible across Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs, while a smoke alert was issued for the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/unbk93usu4bvbhk_0nnei_y005x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Fire crews rushed to the Glenorchy tip after the fire was reported. Image \/ Supplied<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/28aswpkfobkij9j_ybhod_3ktcf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>Large flames are visible across Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs. Image \/ via Pulse<\/p>\n<p>The fire service said there was no threat to the general public, but people who did not need to be in the immediate area should stay away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are in the immediate area, you can avoid exposure to smoke by staying indoors, closing windows, vents and doors and turning heat pumps and air conditioners to recirculate or off,\u201d the fire service said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/oi5isosayee5qxr_gmtuy_mveif.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The fire broke out at the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre in Glenorchy. Image \/ Pulse<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/zh8ff6y25g06n4y_u4los_x73su.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The fire broke out at the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre in Glenorchy. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania Fire Service crews have rushed to extinguish a fire at the Glenorchy tip in Hobart\u2019s northern suburbs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-913557","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\/913557","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=913557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}