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Before the bushfire
Monday afternoon, steaming hot weather, with dry conditions. Tasmania reached record breaking temperatures. -
Campfire lit in a old tree stump
A campfire is lit in an old tree stump near Forcett and later, the men put out the fire with dirt and water. -
Forcett fire first reported
A campfire was lit near the western shore of Lake Repulse at about 11:30am. -
Dunalley burns
Friday morning, the Forcett fire is close to 1000 hectares [square meters] in size. The out of control blaze hits the town at 3:25pm, and is much worse than expected. At the same time, the fire's western flank spreads towards Connellys Marsh -
East coast ablaze
A fire at Lake Repulse in the Upper Derwent Valley wiped out several homes as well as livestock and farming material in the area. -
Tasmania in shock
More than 100 properties were destroyed and at least 80 properties were either damaged in Dunalley. -
Fire conditions ease
Lake repulse fire is contained after burning lots of land. The bushfire had destroyed bushland, farmland, livestock, crops and buildings. -
Fire incident is over
The Forcett fire is fully contained, having burnt around 25,000 hectares of land. Many things have been destroyed around 186 buildings including a school and a police station.