When fire maps showed a bushfire in Tasmania's west burning within metres of a high-conservation-value stand of ancient trees, there were fears for the worst.

The orange areas on this map show where the fires have burnt ... come under threat by an ongoing bushfire. The fire has moved down the west coast, along Mount Donaldson and has crossed the Pieman ...

Fire maps showed the bushfire had burnt within ... "Planned burns in the West Coast area over recent years have proven effective at containing the edges and slowing the spread of a number of ...