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Humans of Kangaroo Island Facebook page raises thousands for much-needed firefighting equipment
Kangaroo Island farmer Sabrina Davis did not expect 2020 to be as devastating as it has been.
Key points:
- A Kangaroo Island woman who lost her farm in this summer’s bushfires started a Facebook page showcasing her community
- She has used the platform to raise more than $28,000 for farm firefighting units on the island
- Volunteer farm firefighters assist the Country Fire Service to fight bushfires
“The fires last summer were obviously something we’ve never seen before on the island,” she said.
Ms Davis lost everything in the catastrophic fires that burned through nearly half of Australia’s largest coastal island off South Australia in early January.
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