loney community of Nelson Bay counts fireballs from beach but shacks survive threat as 50 blazes burn around the stateShack owners in the loney community of Nelson Bay on Tasmania’s rugged western coast counted fireballs from the safety of the beach.
They had one eye on the horizon all day as an uncontrolled bushfire,one of 50 burning around the state, raced across the irreplaceable heathland and button grass plains of the Arthur-Pieman conservation area and hemmed them in at the coast.
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Source: theguardian.com