14 Jan 2020

NZ firefighters support colleagues in Australia

From Five O'clock Report, 5:19 pm on 14 January 2020

New Zealand fire fighters are contending with long days and tiring work as they help their trans Tasman cousins fight what is the worst bush-fire season on record. The fires have taken a number of lives, destroyed homes and properties, killed millions of wildlife and engulfed thousands of hectares of land. The New Zealand contingent is based in Queanbeyan in New South Wales. Today, some of them spoke about the work and the difficulties they face.