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Black Summer remembered: How a bushfire tragedy changed this wildlife carer’s life

Saturday marked one year since the retired Australian Taxation Office employee lost everything in a devastating bushfire.

But more than that, it was a day to remember three American aerial firefighters who arrived in Australia to battle the bushfire crisis and died while trying to stop Mr Fitzgerald’s property from being attacked by the flames.

When the Black Summer bushfires devastated the nation a year ago, the 54-year-old wildlife carer, who volunteers for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS), was rendered effectively homeless.
Whole article can be read here: 
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2021/01/24/wildlife-carer-james-fitzgerald/

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