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Bushfire near Lake Pedder in 'mop-up stage' as fire authorities brace for coming heatwave

Firefighters working in Tasmania's south-west wilderness are hitting a bushfire "hard" ahead of hot conditions expected later in the week.

Remote-area firefighters from the Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) have been working to control the fire, burning at Bonnet Bay on the shores of Lake Pedder, since it was reported on January 6.

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