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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly in Yarck

‘It was calm … and then just hectic’: David Rigby couldn’t escape the Longwood bushfire so faced the inferno

David Rigby
David Rigby stayed and defended his property in Yarck in central Victoria as the Longwood bushfire bore down on the hamlet. Photograph: Steve Womersley/The Guardian

On the outskirts of Yarck, a small farming town in central Victoria, the ground is still smouldering. Gumtrees are flickering with flames as white ash whips through the air.

Across the region houses are reduced to warped steel, with brick chimneys often the only thing left standing.

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