Rigby saved his Yarck home, but many were lost. Another resident says: ‘No one actually knows how bad it is. So many livestock are dead’
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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.
At his property, Dave Rigby is pointing just metres from his back fence. The ground is black. But the grass he is standing on is green, the garden almost immaculate, and his house – it’s still standing.
