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THE FIRES winning. Later she was forced to go to the

DOWN UNDER hospital via an ambulance. It was good that

no one else died, but we still shou ld hon or the
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people who actually died.
The most surprising thing was that 1 billion
Are you afraid of fire? Well, this stor y
animals were killed during the bushfire. A lot
might even jumpscare you if you’re afraid
of species went extinct, maybe even koa las
of fire. So, be sure to call 911 when you see
were extinct, but the basic idea was that it
fire! Last month, an extreme bushfire
killed many animals that we love. It was really
struck Australia. It was so extreme that it
sad. For example, say Kangaroo island, an
may have even changed Australia forever.
island known for its numerous animal species,
So, you might want to read this for further
has also been burnt down. Sad, right?
information.
Hopefully, we got a better understanding of
So the bushfire did quite a lot of
forest fires now, and how much destruction
damage to Australia’s environment. The
they can actually cause. It would be great if
bushfire had burnt down 300000 hectares
we can stop these raging forest fires.
of land, which was about twice the size of
Belgium. So yes, it was quite scary and
ALWAYS BE PREPARED
depressing. What’s more depressing was
that it burnt down most of Australia’s
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forests. That was super sad. Overall, the
Dr. Li was a doctor in China. People were
environment is now forever changed in
going to see him with fever, coughing and
Australia. Hopefully, we can get it back.
difficulty breathing for the last mon th. In
Humans were also affected during the
January, Dr. Li said there would be a seriou s
bushfire. 78 were killed during the fire,
virus outbreak, just like SARS, but the
either burnt alive, or can’t breath due to
government thought he was just making
the bad pollution. Speaking of the
rumours and making people becom e scared.
pollution, the air in Australia was abou t 11
So they arrested him. Dr. Li had som e friends
times worse than the normal breathable
- the Ye family. They lived in Wuhan and
air in the normal world. During a tennis
trusted him, so they prepared some masks
match, a tennis player started chok ing due
and bought some wipes to clean their hands
to pollution, but wouldn’t give up on
and the things in their house.

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