Madeleine Kelly says confused children were screaming as the bushfire approached
At 7am on New Year’s Eve, Madeleine Kelly and her family were woken by their neighbour in the New South Wales coastal village of Rosedale, telling them the fires were near and they were heading to the beach.
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