Source: Tasmania Fire Service

Bushfire Emergency - St Helens and surrounds - Leave immediately

Tasmania Fire Service has issued a Bushfire Emergency Warning for St Helens and surrounds - Leave immediately .

An uncontrolled bushfire at Dianas Basin is travelling towards Parkside, Parnella and Stieglitz in St Helens which is expected to put lives in danger and may destroy homes.

There is expected to be thick smoke, and showers of embers which may cause fires all around you.

Spot fires may threaten your home before the main fire arrives.

Smoke and ash may make it difficult to see and breathe.

Tasmania Fire Service, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and Sustainable Timber Tasmania is attending. Conditions are expected to be changeable

There is an Evacuation Centre at the St Helens Multi-Purpose Stadium, 117 Tully Street, St Helens.

You need to act now to survive.

If you have a bushfire plan, use it now.

The safest way to survive is to go to a safer location now.

If you can leave, make sure there is a clear road to a safer place.

Only travel if it is safe for you to do so.

There is a place of last resort (Nearby Safer Place) at Stieglitz Boat Ramp Park.

What to do:

If you cannot safely leave the area of the fire, the below may protect you from fire and radiant heat:

Seek shelter in the nearest building.

Check your surroundings often.

Put out any fires close to the building until the fire passes.

A large clear area such as a lawn, sportsground, parking lot or cleared paddock.

A stationary car in a clear area

If you are out of the area, do not try to return.

For fire updates, listen to ABC Local Radio or visit tasalert.com

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