Over 1,000 residents and vacationers who had been stranded on a beach by bush fi...
SOMERVILLE, Australia - Over 1,000 residents and vacationers who had been stranded on a beach by bush fires in southeastern Australia landed near Melbourne on Saturday after a 20-hour journey on two ships, relieved to escape terrifying smoke and fire.
Teenagers, couples, seniors and families, plus dozens of pets – 113 dogs from dachshunds to Alsatians, three cats, a rabbit and a bird — arrived on the naval ships Sycamore and Chou les at a the port of Hastings. They were then transferred in buses to two relief centers. She and two other 16-year-olds were among the first 58 evacuated from the smoke-filled town as they have asthma. “They wanted us to get out so we don’t get sick,” Wellington said.
“It was pretty scary. The night before the fire hit, no one got any sleep at all,” he said. “It was pitch black during the day.”“We were worried the fire would be really hot with embers coming through,” Corrigan told Reuters by phone from the bus.
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