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Firefighters having lunch under a pall of smoke.

Scorched bush after a fire.

"[Christmas will be] non-existent to be truthful. I've got a farm down the road, I'm actually preparing to be burnt out."
A CFA volunteer

Profile of a woman in uniform.

"We are prepared as best we can be, but we are conscious that the conditions will be very challenging,"
she said.

People inside a large tent.

A man standing near some cows on his property

"I'm not [feeling] very hopeful, I'll be glad when that day is over … and our son will be safe,"
he said.

Profile of a woman.

Baby kangaroos in sacks.

"We are living on edge. If that fire comes over the mountain it could be a fireball."
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