Escaping the fires but not PTSD

The World

The fires in New South Wales, Australia, are now contained. But they wrought incredible devastation on the landscape, people and animals. Danielle Celermajer has this personal tale of how the fires affected her family and in particular, her rescue pig, Jimmy.

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