United States firefighters were applauded 👏 as they arrived at Sydney International Airport to assist with the ongoing bushfires in Australia. Latest on the bushfires here:
A group of Australian soldiers drafted in to help secure the sanctuary worked furiously during the first half of the morning before being told to leave the area because of the danger.
An army vet worked alongside a private one and a team of volunteers to bandage the hordes of koalas brought into the animal refuge - many of them had burned snouts and singed eyes.The front room of the Mitchell household has been turned into a 24-hour care area for orphaned baby koalas, joeys and wombats, who are fed with special formula milk and medicines three to four times a day.
Sam and his father, brother and father-in-law hurriedly ran round the pens of injured koalas distributing gum tree branches to eat and filling up water bowls.
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