Residents say looters have targeted the Dolphin Sands community on Tasmania's east coast, just weeks after the town was ravaged by a bushfire that destroyed 19 homes.

Dolphin Sands resident Paul Walker was picking his wife up from Hobart Airport two days ago when his home was targeted.

"I'd had a call from a neighbour who'd said things had been removed from his property," Mr Walker said.

When he got home yesterday, he realised items had been taken from his place, too. 

Paul Walker says items were stolen from his property. (Supplied: Paul Walker)

The front panel of a log burner was taken from beside his house, as well as two jerry cans of diesel provided by his insurance company to power a generator, as his home is still without power since the fire.

Mr Walker's home survived the blaze — but the outbuildings on his property were destroyed.

He had retrieved the cast-iron panel for the log burner from the rubble of the outbuilding, as it was imported from France and would have been difficult to replace.

An outbuilding at Paul Walker's property was destroyed by bushfire at Dolphin Sands. (Supplied: Paul Walker)

'Insult after injury'

Mr Walker believes the looters targeted Dolphin Sands because of the recent fire — which authorities determined was the result of a registered burn that was not extinguished properly.

"I expect they're surveying the entire area where things have been fire-damaged and taking advantage of that," he said.

"As if people here haven't been through enough.

"Some of the stuff that's been taken from neighbouring properties were things that were of sentimental value to those people, and they feel it's insult after injury."

It was concluded that the Dolphin Sands fire was sparked by a registered burn that was not extinguished properly, reigniting again. (Supplied: Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood)

Several other Dolphin Sands residents have also posted in a Facebook community group about items being taken from their properties.