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Thick smoke over coastal bushland from above.

A firefighter in an orange uniform and helmet sprays water from a hose onto smoking bushland.

"It's been a bit tense, you know, seeing the fire in the distance … watching it sort of getting closer and closer,"
she said.

Aerial view of forest and lake, about two thirds burned black.

"The fire front was from my house, I would say 150 metres, and it was just huge,"
Ms Rice said.

"We worked extremely hard all day … we did everything we possibly could with the time and resources available to us,"
he said.

A line of fire and smoke in bushland viewed from above.

Two firetrucks drive towards fire on side of road in bushland.

Bright orange fire viewed over tree line at night time.

"The firefighters are tired and the bush is tired,"
she said.

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