I grew up Kilmore where one of the biggest fires started though i now live in Melbourne, the house i grew in was about a kilometer away from being burnt. I lived on 28 acres completely surrounded by either grassland or bush in a cedar wood house: it would have been toast. I know several families that lost everything besides their lives.
Pretty crazy stuff
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