The Forcett blaze on the Tasman Peninsula East of Hobart has claimed properties and left thousands of people isolated overnight.
Police said 600 people, many of them visitors to the area, were likely to spend a second night at convict ruins.
There were 2000 people at a temporary refuge in Nubeena and another 100 at the Dunalley Hotel.
The road into the peninsula, the Arthur Highway, has been closed since Friday.
The Forcett fire that has already devastated the Tasman Peninsula in the state's south-east has moved in two directions - to the south towards Eaglehawk Neck and to the east towards Marion Bay.
The alert for the north-west Montumana blaze has been upgraded to emergency level while a watch-and-act alert is in place for Mathinna in the northeast.
A 10,000 hectare fire at Lake Repulse is still uncontrolled, but has remained relatively steady through the day.
It's emerged that 100 buildings - including the school and a sawmill - in the settlement of Dunalley were destroyed by the Forcett fire at the weekend.
A camper is expected to be prosecuted for starting the Lake Repulse fire.
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