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Volunteers rescue koalas and kangaroos from Cherry Gardens fireground
It is hard to believe that anything survived the Cherry Gardens fire.
Key points:
- Volunteers are scouring the Cherry Gardens fireground, finding and helping injured animals
- They have helped hundreds of koalas, kangaroos and other native animals
- The group expects to be on the fireground for another three weeks
The blaze was so hot it sent a plume of smoke high over the Adelaide skyline during the day and left the night sky glowing a deep eerie red.
Two homes, 19 outbuildings and two vehicles were lost in the blaze that burnt more than 2,700 hectares of land south-east of Adelaide amid extreme heat.
Weeks on from the fire, volunteers from the South Australian Veterinary Emergency Management (SAVEM) organisation are scouring the fireground…
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