From Australian bushfire ashes, a community rises in solidarity

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'This has united people like you'd never have imagined,' says builder Rod Dunn. Though he has lost everything when ferocious bushfires swept through the Australian town of Cobargo, he counts himself lucky by alkiskon MartinPetty

Rod Dunn who is a builder, stands outside a borrowed caravan that he is now living in with his wife Kath.

"That tent saved us," said Dunn, a 62-year-old with an unkempt white beard that reaches his chest. "I'm totally overwhelmed by what we've seen here, the generosity of mankind."The remains of a car, burnt by a bushfire, stands in front of a destroyed structure. A handful of fleeing locals set up their caravans and tents at Cobargo's showground, defying orders by police to move to designated locations outside the town in New South Wales state.

"We made the call that we stay as a community," said Tony Allen, a former mayor in the district. "We knew then that was a big risk, it's breaking every rule in the book, but this is the way to do this. We keep the community together."Donated clothes and blankets are piled outside an unofficial donation point.

 

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