Residents of Tasmania spent the night in evacuation centers where more than 100 homes have been destroyed since Friday.  Firefighters are still battling an out-of-control fire at Dawson Road, east of Ellendale.

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) says the Tasman Peninsula fire, which has stranded thousands of people on the peninsula, has slowed overnight.  About 1,000 people had to be ferried from the peninsula safely to Hobart over the weekend. 

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