00:00This mangled heap was a house Tony built decades ago.
00:06He no longer owns it but still looked after it.
00:09It's very hard to, very difficult to take it all in.
00:17It's the sickest looking world I've ever seen. It's terrible.
00:21Tony was among many anxious to see what remained when the road reopened today.
00:26Not knowing was the issue and not knowing the exact amount of damage and what is damaged.
00:36The fire tore through the small coastal community on Thursday, leaving behind a trail of wreckage.
00:4219 houses are gone, others are damaged.
00:45The most homes lost in a bushfire since the 2013 Darnalli blaze.
00:50Dozens of sheds, caravans and water tanks are also in ruins.
00:55Well appreciate walking in the shoes of those that have lost properties.
00:59How distressing and emotionally traumatic this time would be.
01:07The Tasmania Fire Service hopes to downgrade the warnings to advice level, then patrol in coming days.
01:13We conducted a line scan with an aircraft this morning.
01:17Identified several hot spots close to the edge of the fire and crews have been working on those today.
01:24It's going to be a long road to clean up these bushfires.
01:27You can still smell ash and smoke in the air and the evidence of the destruction is all around me.
01:32We've seen charred fences, charred trees, broken power lines and of course damaged and destroyed homes like this one behind me.
01:40I want to ease people's anxiety around that.
01:44We will support people to clean up their properties at no cost to them.
01:50A trying start to a bushfire season that's only just begun.
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