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Australia: Red Cross responds to bushfires

Published: 10 February 2009 0:00 CET
  • Albin Weitacher received help from Red Cross first aider Mohammed Alam at the Relief Centre in Whittlesea. (Australian Red Cross/Rodney Dekker)
  • Michael O’Meara (in the middle)tells his story of survival to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (on the right), who visited the Whittlesea relief centre after the fires on the outskirts of Melbourne. (Australian Red Cross/Rodney Dekker)
  • Antony Smit in front of the remains of his home in Kinglake. (Australian Red Cross/Rodney Dekker)
Albin Weitacher received help from Red Cross first aider Mohammed Alam at the Relief Centre in Whittlesea. (Australian Red Cross/Rodney Dekker)



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