Scores of Tasmanian residents are being told to brace to defend their homes against uncontrolled fires or leave as blazes rage across the state on Sunday.
The Great Pine Tier fire has burned about 40,000 hectares with the eastern edge of Lake Echo, south of Shannon, Waddamana, Synots Sugarloaf and Bashan Plains issued the highest warning alert on Sunday afternoon.
Another fire raging out-of-control in at Riveaux Road, Southwest has also forced an emergency warning alert for Lonnavale, Glen Huon, Judbury and Bermuda Road.
The Tasmanian Fire Service is urging locals to leave their homes, or prepare to actively defend if they are able and want to stay as per their bushfire plans.
Evacuation centres have been set-up and safer places have been flagged for locals who have a clear path to leave, and community meetings are being held across the day.
About 500 firefighters, including some from interstate and New Zealand, are trying to keep threatened communities safe and tackle about 50 fires still raging.
Blazes have burned through 99,000 hectares of land across the past month and destroyed a homestead, a shed and a fishing hut due to the ongoing fires.
The service's deputy chief officer Bruce Byatt on Saturday had warned the milder conditions could be regarded as the "eye of the storm".
There was also some bitter news with a fire reportedly started on Saturday from a discarded cigarette butt in the Fortescue Bay Road area, Mr Byatt added.
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning next Wednesday will be another high-temperature day in the southern state with little rain in sight.
A protection plan for the Walls of Jerusalem National Park has been enacted and remote area teams moved into the area.
Federal Liberal MP Dan Tehan said on Sunday his thoughts were with those battling the blazes, having had first-hand experience a Victorian Country Fire Authority member.
He added Prime Minister Scott Morrison would visit the island state when "it is deemed appropriate."
Residents need to remain alert and keep check for updates on the fire conditions.
