Shelley Sykes

With support from her friends, Shelley is contemplating a class action and a rebuild.

Rory, who was born blind with cerebral palsy, lived in a self-contained cottage on the property. Embers were raining down. Shelley's hoses ran dry.

She drove 400 metres through the smoke to her local fire station for help.

While crews closer to sea level had water, in the mountains they were armed only with axes and couldn't stop the flames taking over.

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