Smoke drifts over Mt Wellington at sunset. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
SMOKE from a huge bushfire burning in the state's remote South-West is affecting communities in the Huon Valley and Hobart regions with the Parks and Wildlife Service closing walking tracks in the area.
"This fire, estimated to have burnt about 30,000 hectares, is affecting a large area between Lake Pedder and Port Davey," Parks incident controller Chris Arthur said today.
"In the interests of public safety all tracks in the Western and Eastern Arthur Ranges are closed."
Closed tracks include the Port Davey Track, Old Port Davey Track, Junction Creek Track, Arthur Plains Track, Cracroft Valley Track, Blakes Opening, Huon Track and the Old River traverse.
The Huon and Edgar campgrounds are also closed and the Parks and Wildlife Service expects closures to remain force for "an extended period of time".
Other parks affected by bushfires include Douglas Apsley National Park, which remains closed until further notice because of the blaze near Bicheno, which has also forced the closure of the Freycinet National Park and surrounding walking tracks.
The Mount Field National Park is also closed until further notice.
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