Updated 4pm, Saturday: A fire believed to have started in a pile of mattresses at the Glenorchy tip last night is being investigated by police as suspicious.
Emergency services were called to the Jackson Street Landfill and Recycling Centre in Hobart’s northern suburbs around 9pm on Friday after several calls reporting a fire.
They arrived to find the fire burning at the top end of the tip.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which police believe started in the pile of mattresses.
Investigators are asking anyone who saw people acting suspiciously in the area before the fire started to come forward, quoting ESCAD 000458-02102026.
Earlier: Tasmania Fire Service crews have rushed to extinguish a fire at the Glenorchy tip in Hobart’s northern suburbs tonight.
The fire at the Jackson Street Waste Management Centre on Jackson Street was reported shortly after 9pm.
Police say the fire, which reportedly consisted of a pile of mattresses, is being treated as suspicious.
Large flames were visible across Hobart’s northern suburbs, while a smoke alert was issued for the area.
The fire service said there was no threat to the general public, but people who did not need to be in the immediate area should stay away.
“If you are in the immediate area, you can avoid exposure to smoke by staying indoors, closing windows, vents and doors and turning heat pumps and air conditioners to recirculate or off,” the fire service said.
