Bushfire burns near unexploded bomb site Firefighters say they are confident they can stop a bushfire in southern New South Wales from reaching a former military range scattered with unexploded bombs.


Fierce bushfires remain fatality free Hopes are rising that there may not have been any lives lost despite the ferocity of Tasmania's devastating bushfires.

Police have now searched more than 800 properties on the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas.

But they warn it is still too early to definitively say no-one has died in the bushfires.

While bushfire conditions have eased, authorities are warning the threat is far from over with alerts remaining for several big fires.

Firefighters are still trying to contain bushfires at Curries River in the state's north and Montumana in the far north west.

Both fires are currently burning out of control.

The Montumana fire has burnt 3,000 hectares and the one at Curries River has burnt 70 hectares.

About 150 firefighters are still working in the Forcett area while 80 crews, including a team of New Zealand remote access specialists are fighting the Lake Repulse fire.

Deputy Chief Gavin Freeman says about 110,000 hectares have now burnt out across the state.

"We're not by any stretch of the imagination out of the woods," he said.

There are still 21 active fires in Tasmania.