I grew up a little bit closer to town than the Kinglake/St Andrews area, down towards Eltham/Greensborough way, but a heap of school/footy/work mates live in those areas. I've already found out that a school mate, his wife and two kids got out safely but they lost everything else. My old man lost a mate to the fires, no word on his wife yet. My grandmother got evacuated from her nursing home, all okay, but not the sort of scare an 80+ year old lady needs either.
I'm stuck over here in Ireland and still don't know how a lot of people close to me have faired, it's pretty fucking devastating.
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