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(INSECTS CHIRP)
(WIND BLUSTERS)

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(FIRE CRACKLES)

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(OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS)

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NEWSREADER: Fires across the country

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have burnt more than
6 million hectares...

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NEWSREADER 2: ..fires so volatile,

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they're creating
their own weather systems...

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MAN: ..just absolutely catastrophic,

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the flames dancing through
the tops of the trees...

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Smoke from the bushfires in Australia
has blown to New Zealand,

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blanketing some of the country's
retreating glaciers...

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(SIREN WAILS)

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NEWSREADER: ..emergency crews
were stretched thin,

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struggling in chaotic conditions.

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MAN 2: No-one can prepare you
for it. That's for sure.

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(WIND BLUSTERS)

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(DEEP WHOOSHING)

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(BREATHES HEAVILY)

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(RATTLING)

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(GENTLY) Hey...

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(WIND BLUSTERS)

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Ruth?

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Ruth?!

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(WOMAN IN DISTANCE) I'm here!

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Oh, shit. Shit!

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I can't get onto Leo!

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Maybe they got out!

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Call Hendo... Oh, Christ!

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Bastard!

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Ohh...

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Get the hose, quick!
Start wetting down!

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(GRUNTS)

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Ruth, I can't...I can't untangle it!

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Give it to me.
I'm doing my best!

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(FLAMES CRACKLING)

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Shit!

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Bucket. Go!

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(WIND CALMS)

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(BOTH BREATHE SHAKILY)

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Oh, yuck! Ash.

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I'm gonna try Leo and Maria again.

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Ohh...

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(LOUD CRACKLING)

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Fuck!

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It's hit their house!

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They would've gotten out.

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They would've gone.
They...they would've.

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(CREAKING AND CRACKLING)

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Oh, my God!

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No...

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(EXPLOSION BOOMS)

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Fuck! Oh!

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The animals!

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Nawra!

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Get the carry cages!
We'll get them to the ute!

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Take them to the sanctuary!

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Oh, shit!

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We can't drive in this.

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Nawra, we can't stay out here!

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Ruth, we can get them
in the house, OK?

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They're sick. It's our job
to look after them!

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(ROARING AND BLUSTERING)

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Go on, go. Hey, hey, come on.

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Go, go, go, go!

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Stop it! What are you doing?!

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Go on. Go, go, go!
They're gonna...they're gonna die!

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It's their best chance!
Ruth, we can get them in the house!

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There is no fucking time! Go!

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Nawra, go!

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(FIRE ROARS)

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(COUGHS)

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Shit. (PANTS)

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We could've gotten them out.

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We could've taken them
somewhere safe, Ruth.

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Call triple zero, you tell them
that we're in the house,

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we are sheltering in the laundry
and we are surrounded by fire.

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Tell them to get
the fire trucks here now.

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Hello? I can't hear you!
(RATTLING)

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Hey, come into the laundry.

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The fire is all around us!

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MAN: What's your location?

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10 Blue Wren Road, West Curran.

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Please just come quick.

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The fire service has no reports
of fires in that area.

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He's fucking joking, right?

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(BOOM!)

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(BOTH GRUNT AND PANT)

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Kip?
MAN: Yeah, coming.

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10 Blue Wren Road.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIOS)

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ESTA - two women sheltering,
West Curran.

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There's not supposed
to be a fire there.

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Curran sector commander
from Dumont ICC Operations.

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Good luck. I've been trying
to get him for 20 minutes.

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Dumont ICC to all sectors.

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Going to require a sitrep at 0500.

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MAN ON RADIO: Copy that.

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Greg, this just came in.

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Fire predictions are way off.

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I can't reach the sector commander

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and every appliance except the
strike team are at the Borriga fire.

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Get a sitrep from
the Queensland strike team leader

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and see if they can attend.

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Copy that.

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No way. I'm not leaving.
I'm defending my home.

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(MOTT SIGHS)

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That fire is 20 minutes away.

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We can't stay. And this place...

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It's not defendable.

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(PANTS)

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It's a tinderbox.

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Have you got anywhere safe to go?

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You tell us. Where's safe?

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Rollo's opened up the co-op.
I saw it online.

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Tash! Priority call.

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10 Blue Wren Road, West Curran.

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Two women sheltering - priority.

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Acknowledged - priority,
10 Blue Wren Road, West Curran.

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Wilco. Over. Mott, we've gotta go.

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That is so close.

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Just head back to town.

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Please.

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(FIRE TRUCK ENGINE STARTS)

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(NAWRA COUGHS)
The ute's OK for now.

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But if the fire gets to it...
(IMITATES EXPLOSION)

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What do we do?
We wait for the firies.

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(NAWRA COUGHS)

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It's OK. The concrete's
gonna keep us cool.

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And if it gets really bad,

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we cover ourselves
and we wait for it to burn over.

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(CRACKING AND BLUSTERING OUTSIDE)

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(BREATHES SHALLOWLY)

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We need to get low. Come on.
(COUGHS)

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(BOTH BREATHE HEAVILY)

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(BOOMING AND RATTLING OUTSIDE)

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Don't. Don't do that to me now.

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Yeah.

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(COUGHS)

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We'll be OK. It's OK.

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(BUILDING RATTLES)

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(FIRE WHOOSHING
AND CRACKLING OUTSIDE)

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(NAWRA COUGHS)

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(CRACKLING)

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WOMAN: There's still
20-something residents

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at the Valla Nursing Home.

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Caller said they could
see flames approaching!

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Have you been able to get onto
the section commander for that area?

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Still not responding.
They're flat out on the fire ground.

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OK, well, who else is close by?

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What about Weimar?
On their way to Borriga.

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Too far. I got no-one!
No-one I can raise anyway.

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They're all off the radios.

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GREG: It's north-east of Curran.

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No...no! No way, mate. No way!

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Queensland team's the closest.

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What about my women on Blue Wren?
Nursing home's a priority call.

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Blue Wren's a priority call, Dell.
There's two people.

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Valla's 20, more, old folk,
and they can't be moved.

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Mate, the...

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Please.

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Reroute the Queensland team.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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Strike Team QFB 04
from Dumont ICC Operations.

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I've got a priority call.

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Around 20 people
sheltering at Valla Nursing Home.

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(WINCES)
MOTT: Copy that. Rerouting now.

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What about Blue Wren priority job?

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KIP ON RADIO: I'll let them know.

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(SIREN WAILS)

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Who's going to those women?

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I'm calling in medical for you.

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No, I'll be fine.

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Dumont ICC Operations
from Strike Team QFB 04.

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We have an injured team member.

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Can we organise a pick-up for him

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to be transported
for medical assistance?

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIOS)

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Kip Fisher from Vic Forests.
Are you safe to talk?

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RUTH: Where are the trucks?
The roof is on fire!

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OK, you need to find shelter.

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Is there a safe place
you can get to?

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There is no safe place.
The whole house is burning!

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KIP: Listen,
you need woollen blankets,

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dry, not wet.

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You need to get underneath them.

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We've got blankets.
What we need is trucks!

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You need to keep calm and stay low.

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When will they get here?!

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I'm sorry, but we currently have

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no available appliances
in responding distance.

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(WHOOSHING OUTSIDE)

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No, they...they...

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Um, they said that
a truck was coming.

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(CLEARS THROAT)

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We are unable to respond
to your call at this time.

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If, uh, an appliance
does become available, we will...

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Oh, FUCK!

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(NAWRA COUGHS AND WHEEZES)

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(WEEPS)

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We're on our own.

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(BOTH COUGH)

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(GASPS) OK.
(WEEPS)

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OK, come on.

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Come on. Crying's not gonna help.

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(SOBS)
Hey, listen.

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Hey.

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The ute...
I don't think I... I can't.

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I don't think I can do it.
I can't do it.

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Hey.

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It's 100 metres
and we can make it, mm?

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No, it's...it's too late
to leave. That's what you said.

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(WEEPS) And what...what about the...

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Oh!

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I'm not dying in here.

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Oh... (WEEPS)

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You don't stop for anything.

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Go!

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(BOTH PANT AND COUGH)

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Oh, fuck!
(FIRE ROARS)

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(COUGHS)
Holy fuck.

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(BOTH COUGH AND WHEEZE)

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(BOTH COUGH)

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(TREES CRACK)

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Oh, my God!

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(ENGINE SPUTTERS)
Oh, God!

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Oh, my God. Come on! Let's go!

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Go! Go! Go!

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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(WOMEN BREATHE HEAVILY)

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(COUGHS)

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(CRACKLING AND WHOOSHING
IN DISTANCE)

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We made it!

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We did it, Ruth. You got us out.

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Hey, let's go to town.

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Find somewhere safe.

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Ruth?

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You do whatever you want.

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I don't care.

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(VEHICLE DOOR OPENS)

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(COUGHS)

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(DOOR SHUTS)

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(SOMBRE MUSIC)

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(BIRD SQUAWKS)

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(NAWRA COUGHS)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

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(CHATTER CONTINUES OVER RADIO)

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WOMAN: What happened?
NAWRA: We got out.

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Oh, shit! Hey, you right?

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RUTH: Yeah, we're right.

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(SNIFFLES)

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Your place?

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Yeah, yeah.

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So West Curran's gone up now?
Jesus Christ!

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We need to get out of here.

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We need to get down
to the coast, yeah?

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They've been up all night.

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I couldn't get onto Leo and Maria.

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Grab the ladies
some water, would you?

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Back kitchenette,
cups above the sink.

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Give us a hand, babe.

261
00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,360
For God's sake, take a load off.

262
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,680
Where's your family? They alright?

263
00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,800
Uh, the evacuation centre
down the coast.

264
00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,640
I sent them there
a couple of days ago.

265
00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,840
Where was our warning?
Ruth...

266
00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,600
No, you're on the council,
Rollo! If you...

267
00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,560
It doesn't give me
a direct line to God, Ruth.

268
00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,120
MAN: Hey, here you go, mate. Here.

269
00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,800
WOMAN: Hey.
Thanks.

270
00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,920
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)

271
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,280
MAN ON RADIO: It's too intense.
We're pulling back.

272
00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,280
(CHATTER CONTINUES)

273
00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,360
Did you get the rest
of your critters out, hon?

274
00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,600
We were in the middle
of rehoming them when it hit.

275
00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,560
Aww...

276
00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:17,120
Poor little fella.

277
00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,160
Yeah, we had to let
the rest of them go.

278
00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,200
Some of them were just babies.

279
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,280
Did you have a good
Chrissie at least?

280
00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,560
Did we have a good Chrissie, Ruth?

281
00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,400
Don't, Nawra.

282
00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,120
Sorry. Did I say something?

283
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,800
No, no.

284
00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:38,360
Sorry. We broke up.

285
00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,280
Far out.

286
00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:42,960
(SIGHS) Timing.

287
00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,840
Yeah.

288
00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,920
(DELL SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
Borriga Pumper, please report.

289
00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,040
Do you have a sitrep...
Hey, Greg?

290
00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,680
Um, Blue Wren Road, mate,
did you get anyone in?

291
00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,560
The council tried.
They got pushed back.

292
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,680
Nobody can get through.

293
00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,680
Queensland could have got there.

294
00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,200
DELL: Copy that, Kuara.

295
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:03,400
Please report.

296
00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,040
TASH ON RADIO: Dumont ICC
Operations from Strike Team QFB 04.

297
00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,520
Come in, Queensland.

298
00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,200
Uh, we've assessed the nursing home.

299
00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,280
There's good clearance all around.
No immediate threat.

300
00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,320
We advise they stay in and just
call in again if there's a threat.

301
00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,800
DELL ON RADIO: We had
a report of visible flames.

302
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,920
I think they just got spooked.

303
00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,840
Wait. Valla was a bust?

304
00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,960
TASH: Also,
reporting the team member

305
00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,080
has been picked up
by medical support unit.

306
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,840
Copy that.

307
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,760
You can head
to Curran town and refuel.

308
00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,320
(KIP SIGHS)

309
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,920
The caller said
they could see the fire.

310
00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,640
They were really distressed.

311
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,840
We couldn't get reports
from the ground so we had to...

312
00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,840
That team should've been
sent to Blue Wren Road

313
00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,360
when it still had a chance
to get in there.

314
00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:50,640
We can't second-guess, Kip!

315
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,040
Well, now it's too late, isn't it,

316
00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:53,520
because someone saw smoke
and freaked out.

317
00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,240
We can only go on
the information we're given.

318
00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,240
They said there were flames!
You need a break?

319
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,640
No, mate, I don't need a break.

320
00:17:58,640 --> 00:17:59,840
I need a fucking truck

321
00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,640
when I've got two people
trapped in a burning house.

322
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,080
I can't pull trucks I don't have!
Well, we had one, Dell!

323
00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,840
We had one.
You took it for a false alarm.

324
00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,640
Borriga Pumper 2, please report.

325
00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,120
(SQUEAKS)

326
00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:17,440
KIP ON RADIO: Borriga Pumper 2,
loop back.

327
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,040
(KIP CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

328
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,080
Can we find out
if the coast road's clear yet?

329
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,640
It's not a bloody two-way,
Macca. It's a scanner.

330
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,160
We need to get the kids out.

331
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,320
Huh, it's just gobbledegook.

332
00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,080
MACCA: Where are you gonna go?

333
00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:40,200
Gonna wait here
till it's safe to go back.

334
00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,480
Oh, for Godsakes,
there's nothing left!

335
00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,320
And I need to check on Leo and Maria.

336
00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,800
What size boots do you take?

337
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,600
I don't know. Uh, nine or...

338
00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,880
(SIGHS)
RADIO: Request backup at Borriga.

339
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,480
What's our local crew
doing in Borriga?

340
00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,160
It's all I've got in your size,
but you know what?

341
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,920
I think they've got
your name on them.

342
00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,000
Thanks.

343
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,440
Why aren't our crews here?
What are they doing 50 k's away?

344
00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,280
We had frigging Queenslanders
come to ours.

345
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,640
All our crews got pulled.

346
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,680
There's something like a hundred
houses under threat up there.

347
00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,240
My house was under threat!

348
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,000
They were heading to Blue Wren,
those Queenslanders.

349
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,480
I heard 'em.

350
00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,200
Yeah, they...they said
someone was coming

351
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:34,920
and then they called back and they...

352
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,280
They fuckin' abandoned us.

353
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,440
ROLLO: They're doing
the best they can.

354
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,040
Nobody knew it was
going to get this bad.

355
00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,240
They bloody knew.

356
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,600
The government had plenty of warning
that this summer was coming.

357
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,400
It's the government's
fault again, right?

358
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,520
If they had even bothered to meet
with that group of fire chiefs,

359
00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,080
they could've been properly prepared.

360
00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,280
Piss off, Ruth. You're not
the only one who's hurting here.

361
00:19:58,280 --> 00:19:59,880
My place went up last night too

362
00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,680
and I haven't been able to get out
there to see what's still standing

363
00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,160
because I'm stuck here with you lot.

364
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,080
Why didn't you say anything?

365
00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:14,560
What for?

366
00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,320
You gonna get me a hankie?

367
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,240
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO)

368
00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,760
What was that?

369
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,360
The grid's down again.

370
00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,760
I'll get the genny going.

371
00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,000
(TENSE MUSIC)

372
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,080
Oh, my God!

373
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,840
Ruth, look.

374
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,320
Maria!

375
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,200
Oh...

376
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,440
(EXHALES HEAVILY)

377
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,040
It's all gone.

378
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,680
Where's Leo?

379
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,760
He went out the back
to check on the cows.

380
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,760
The fire just came tearing through
and Leo wasn't back with the ute

381
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,720
so I just put on my boots
and ran out.

382
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,960
(TREMBLES AND WEEPS)

383
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,200
Now, you need something? You hungry?

384
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,280
NAWRA: Cup of tea?

385
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,360
Yeah.

386
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,760
Milk and two sugars,
and leave the bag in.

387
00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,800
I shouldn't have left him, Ruth.

388
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,680
I should've stayed.

389
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,440
(WIND BLUSTERS, TIN RATTLES)

390
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,280
Hang on.

391
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:54,760
(WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)

392
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,760
MAN ON RADIO: We need backup...

393
00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,400
Now, this little fella
really likes to be close to someone.

394
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,840
Here you go.

395
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,560
Oh!

396
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,240
Hey?

397
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,280
He's a real snuggle-pie. (SNIFFS)
(TALKS SOFTLY)

398
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,040
Hey, big sook.
Hello, beautiful.

399
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,280
(KISSES)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

400
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,440
(MARIA MURMURS GENTLY)

401
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,240
You're safe, young one.

402
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,800
(RATTLING, WIND BLUSTERS)

403
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,960
I don't have to go straightaway.

404
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,120
I mean, you'll need
to rebuild the cages,

405
00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,080
all the injured wildlife...

406
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,160
The shelter won't be able
to cope with them all.

407
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,360
No, thanks.

408
00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,120
It's a massive job.

409
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,560
And the house...

410
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,280
You hate paperwork.

411
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,760
I can cope.

412
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,240
Ruth...

413
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,080
I don't want you hanging around here
'cause you feel sorry for me.

414
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,680
No, that's not it!
No? It's what it sounds like.

415
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,080
Why do you have to do that?

416
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,360
That first night we were together,

417
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,160
do you remember what you said?

418
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,960
You said, "This isn't gonna last."

419
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,920
Well, I was right, wasn't I?

420
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,040
You want to leave.

421
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,920
Because you have never given me

422
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,320
even the slightest hint
you'd care if I stayed.

423
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,080
MARIA: Sorry. Look,
I don't mean to be a stickybeak.

424
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,840
But he's just wet.

425
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,400
I'll get something. Here.

426
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,560
Don't.
What?

427
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,240
Push her away.

428
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,880
She's leaving me!

429
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,200
She's leaving
because you're impossible!

430
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,880
Everybody around here loves you,
Ruthie, but you don't make it easy.

431
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,840
So you're on her side too?

432
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,160
Hey, take a break.

433
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,160
Go on. Take a break.

434
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,720
I got it.

435
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,480
Last stop and then we're home free.

436
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,320
Yeah, for five days.

437
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,000
I'm gonna sleep for half of 'em.

438
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,120
(LAUGHS) You better be awake
for New Year's

439
00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:50,640
'cause we're going dancing.

440
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,680
Mmm...

441
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:00,440
(GENERATOR PUTTERS)

442
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,440
(MOTOR CHUGS SOFTLY)

443
00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,400
Hi, Dad.
DAVID: Hey.

444
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:13,280
All good?
(LAUGHS) Yep, I'm fine. I'm fine.

445
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,160
How are you? What are you doing?
Making my meatloaf, your favourite.

446
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,760
Ohh!
There's enough for an army.

447
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,320
Bring Mott.
He'll love that.

448
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,320
You OK?

449
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:28,760
Yeah. Yeah.

450
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,760
Yeah, I'm-I'm fine.
I'm just...tired.

451
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,800
I can't wait to see you.

452
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,440
I love you.
I love you too.

453
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,240
Hey, Ruth!

454
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,240
Those Queenslanders, the ones
that abandoned you, they're here.

455
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,720
Bullshit.

456
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,480
Where the fuck were you last night?!
Sorry?

457
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,320
Blue Wren Road, your truck was
called to help us, and then what?

458
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,600
Hey, easy, what's going on?
We had another priority call.

459
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,680
You got out! Shit, that's awesome.

460
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,560
Awesome?!
Ruth, just...

461
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,200
We...we don't decide
what jobs to go to.

462
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,760
We were this close,
this fucking close.

463
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:16,600
Nearly didn't make it.
Hey, just back off.

464
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,840
OK, if you made it out,
then you should've reported it.

465
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,760
It's not her fault.
OK, whose fault is it?

466
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,560
Who is running this show?!
Just stop it, Ruth!

467
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,800
They're just kids!
Fuck off, Nawra!

468
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,160
Fuck off!

469
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,800
I'm really sorry. I'm so sorry.

470
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,520
Tash...

471
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,720
Tash, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
(SOBS)

472
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:48,400
Hey.

473
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,160
Ohhh.
Just don't take it personally, yeah?

474
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,200
How do I not?

475
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,840
You leaving?
Yeah.

476
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,480
Yeah, heard on your scanner
the coast road's clear

477
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,320
so we're making a run
for the evacuation centre.

478
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,680
You got a spare seat in your car?
Oh, yeah, just the one.

479
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,960
Be a bit squishy, but.
It's not for me.

480
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,800
(ENGINE RUMBLES)

481
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,320
(MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)

482
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:38,320
Dumont ICC Operations
from Strike Team QFB 04.

483
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,640
KIP: Come in, Strike Team QFB 04.

484
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,560
Returning to station
to be relieved for changeover.

485
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,920
Copy that.

486
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,240
That Blue Wren priority call,
the residents made it out.

487
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,040
They were sheltering in a business
in town with a few others.

488
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,680
What's their condition?

489
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,200
Pissed as hell.

490
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,280
(CHUCKLES)

491
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,120
Yep, fair enough. Over.

492
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,440
That's good news.

493
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,080
Still mad at you.

494
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,960
Not as mad, though.

495
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,360
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

496
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,880
(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS)
Oh, there we go.

497
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,280
No, can't hear the radio.
(MUSIC STOPS)

498
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,320
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

499
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:39,880
One song.

500
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,640
('SOMEBODY SPECIAL'
BY DONNA FARGO PLAYS)

501
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,840
# You can sing me anytime... #
Oh, Donna!

502
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,800
You love Donna. Come on - Donna.
You and Donna go way back! (LAUGHS)

503
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,080
(SINGS ALONG TO RADIO)
# God blessed me good with you

504
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,760
# You're the reason I keep trying

505
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,200
# When I give up like I do

506
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,720
# You're the one that makes me happy

507
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,000
# And you know just because of you

508
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,840
# Sometimes
I even feel like I'm... #

509
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,240
Come on, next line, next one, ready?
I don't know the lyrics.

510
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,360
Come on. You gotta know the lyrics.
No.

511
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,280
# So when you tell me
that you're lonely

512
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,200
# And you think that
I don't care... #

513
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,800
(LAUGHS) I got it. OK, OK, OK.

514
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,000
(SINGS ALONG)
# I may not know how to show you

515
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,920
# But I promise to be there

516
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,720
# For as long as you can love me... #
There it is!

517
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,120
# And want me to love you... #
(LAUGHS) There it is.

518
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,640
# That's the reason
for everything I do... #

519
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,280
That's right. See? Yeah, come on.

520
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,960
(SINGS ALONG)
# You're my somebody special

521
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,480
# God blessed me good with you

522
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,960
(SINGS ALONG)
# You're the reason I keep trying

523
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,560
# When I give up like I do

524
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,760
# You're the one that makes me happy

525
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,440
# And you know just because of you

526
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,960
# Sometimes I even feel like I'm

527
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,400
# Somebody special too. #

528
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:15,080
You packing?

529
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,400
That one's mine.

530
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,480
You wanted to go.

531
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,680
No, you decided that,
like you decide everything.

532
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,400
I loved you.

533
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,120
I still love you...
because I'm an idiot.

534
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,280
But don't worry, I'll get over it.

535
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,880
(SNIFFS)

536
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,520
(VEHICLE APPROACHES)

537
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,720
(GASPS) Leo!

538
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,360
Oh, God, you're alright. Oh!

539
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,520
(LEO LAUGHS)

540
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,320
Oh, we thought...
Oh, you're alright!

541
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,640
Oh, you're alright.
We... Oh, we thought that...

542
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,120
Oh, God, it's good to see you!

543
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,280
(SHAKILY) Where's Maria?

544
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,600
Maria.

545
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,120
Maria!

546
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:28,800
Leo! (LAUGHS) Leo! Leo!

547
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,160
Oh, you stupid, stupid man.
I was so worried about you!

548
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,760
I dropped the bloody phone
in the mud, I couldn't call you.

549
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,600
We found him when we went up
to try and save their place.

550
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,280
Yeah, he and the poddy
were up to their necks in mud.

551
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,600
Daisy's new calf got stuck. I had
to hold his head above the water.

552
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,080
Can you imagine being so stupid
that you drown in a fire?

553
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,480
MARIA: Is he alright?
Yeah.

554
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,560
Ah, we've gotta get him to hospital,
get him checked out.

555
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,800
Oh, yeah,
I've only got the one seat spare.

556
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,320
He can take my space.

557
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,760
I'm not going anywhere
without this old thing.

558
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,840
Will you...
Will you stop fussing at me?!

559
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,560
(LEO AND MARIA LAUGH)

560
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,120
MACCA: Alright, well, looks like
the seat's yours again, Nawra.

561
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,440
Come on, let's go. Let's go.

562
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,080
I can't take Joey to the city.

563
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,680
I can handle microwaving a bottle.

564
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,920
OK, Macca, stick to the main roads.

565
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,840
Keep the radio on at all times.

566
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,920
And for God's sake, just be...

567
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,720
..just be careful, son.

568
00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,800
Good luck.

569
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,520
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

570
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,360
No. Wait!

571
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,400
Wait! Wait!
Stop.

572
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,360
Macca, Macca, stop, stop.
What now?

573
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,080
Um... (BREATHES HEAVILY)

574
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,760
Where's that bottle again?

575
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,520
It's in the bag.

576
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,400
Alright.
Gotta get moving, Ruth.

577
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,680
Yeah. Um...

578
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,000
Um, how much of the formula?

579
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,720
A teaspoon in 100 mils.
OK, good, I always forget that.

580
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,760
Ruth, come on.

581
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,560
Can you just wait a... I'm...

582
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,840
(SIGHS)

583
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,240
I'm really hopeless
with a lot of stuff.

584
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:10,120
Yeah, you are.

585
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,640
Come with us, stay here,
I don't really care,

586
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,600
just...I've gotta drive.

587
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,840
I don't want you to go.

588
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,480
OK. Will you please stay, Nawra?

589
00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:31,200
Please?

590
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,120
(SEATBELT BUCKLE CLICKS)

591
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,800
(HORN BEEPS)

592
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,440
(WINDMILL SQUEAKS)

593
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,920
Didn't we meet sitting in a gutter?

594
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,680
Yeah, outside the Prince.
Mmm.

595
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,440
(LAUGHS) Classy from the start, huh?

596
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,960
Yeah, you know it.
Mmm.

597
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,560
(LAUGHS)

598
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,640
So, uh, you wanna
come back to mine?

599
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,600
Mmmm. (LAUGHS)

600
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,200
I mean, the place is a bit
of a fixer-upper, but...

601
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,360
..apparently so am I.

602
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,840
Good bones, though.
Yeah?

603
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,400
Yeah, I think we can
make something of it.

604
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,160
You do?
Yeah, I do.

605
00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,920
Shit.

606
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,600
Oh, fuck.

607
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,120
Greg!

608
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,360
Ah, wind change, south-west,
turning towards Curran.

609
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,360
(LEAVES RUSTLE LOUDLY,
HEAVY WIND BLOWS)

610
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,800
(CREAKING THEN THUDDING)
Whoa, where did that come from?

611
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,400
That's weird.

612
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,040
(LEAVES RUSTLE LOUDLY)

613
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,960
(LEAVES RUSTLE LOUDLY)

614
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,960
(WINDMILL SQUEAKS)
(FOREBODING MUSIC BUILDS)

615
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,880
(WIND BLOWS LOUDLY)

616
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,640
Fuck me, not again.

617
00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:09,760
Alright, we have a Red Flag Warning,
please acknowledge.

618
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,640
Uh, wind change, south-west, 80.
Curran township under direct attack.

619
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,960
Inform and acknowledge.
Pull whatever you can from Borriga!

620
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,480
Pull 'em from anywhere you can!

621
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,080
MAN ON RADIO:
Tillerton sector commander,

622
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,080
all appliances acknowledge Red Flag.

623
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,200
DELL: Copy that, Tillerton,
leave Borriga firegrounds.

624
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,240
Set up Curran exit control south
of the bridge. Curran under attack.

625
00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:33,400
It'll be too late by the time they
get down there. We're the closest.

626
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,400
No! Come on,
we're on changeover, Tash.

627
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,400
But all those people in town.

628
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,480
You wanna let scary lady
have another go at you?

629
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,600
Mott!
No!

630
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,840
Curran will hold until
the other crews get there, OK?

631
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,840
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

632
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,280
Mott...

633
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,680
Pleeeeease?

634
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,520
Fine.
(LAUGHS)

635
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,600
Dumont ICC Operations
from Strike Team QFB 04,

636
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,480
we're heading back to Curran, we'll
set up control and send word back.

637
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:26,160
Copy that. And, hey, thank you.
I owe you a beer when this is over.

638
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:29,080
Yeah, make it a keg.
Copy that.

639
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,320
(WIND RUMBLES)

640
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,080
(LEAVES RUSTLE LOUDLY)

641
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,880
Get inside! Get inside!

642
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,520
We're gonna start wetting down!

643
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,680
KIP ON RADIO: Strike Team QFB 04...

644
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,120
They're sending trucks.
..about 10 minutes away from Curran.

645
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:58,800
Report crews nearby.

646
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,160
That's the Queenslanders
who were here, the young ones.

647
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,080
Might as well have dessert first.

648
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,720
Now, I know you and I haven't

649
00:39:10,720 --> 00:39:13,640
exactly seen eye to eye
politically always,

650
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,200
but I like strawberry,
you like choc mint.

651
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,840
No-one likes choc mint, Rollo.

652
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,160
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

653
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,160
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

654
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,040
(WIND BLOWS LOUDLY)

655
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,480
(FOREBODING MUSIC BUILDS)

656
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,720
(THUDDING)

657
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:40,160
(LEAVES RUSTLE LOUDLY)

658
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,440
KIP: ICC Operations to
Strike Team QFB 04, please report.

659
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,920
Strike Team QFB 04...

660
00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,720
(CLANKING AND RUMBLING)

661
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:00,080
Shit!

662
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,880
(RATTLING)

663
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,440
(WHOOSHING)
Holy shit!

664
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,160
(METAL CRUNCHING AND CLANKING)

665
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,320
(THUD!)
Oh!

666
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,960
(CRASH NOISE VANISHES)
(YELLS AND GASPS)

667
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,520
(RUMBLING)

668
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,600
(EXHALES)

669
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,600
(LOUD CRASHING)
(SCREAMS)

670
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,880
(SOMBRE MUSIC)

671
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,000
(MOTT GROANS)

672
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,840
KIP: Strike Team QFB 04
from Dumont ICC Operations.

673
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,080
I didn't quite catch that last bit.
Could you please repeat?

674
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,760
(GRUNTS) Tash?

675
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,000
Queensland, repeat?
Tash?

676
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,880
(GROANS)
Queensland?

677
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,160
(GASPS AND GRUNTS)

678
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,600
Come in, Queensland Strike Team.
Tash?

679
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,160
(UNSETTLING MUSIC BUILDS)

680
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,240
(GROANS)

681
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,880
Tash? (GRUNTS) Tash?

682
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,000
I've lost the strike team.

683
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,160
I've got you. I've got you.

684
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:50,640
OK. OK.

685
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,560
(GROANS)

686
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,040
(GROANS LOUDLY)

687
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:01,960
(MOTT PANTS)

688
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,600
Tash?

689
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,360
Tash?!

690
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,160
Tash?

691
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,160
Come on. Come on. Hey.

692
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,200
Hey. Look at me. Look at me.

693
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,880
(GROANS SOFTLY)

694
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,360
(WHISPERS) Hey.

695
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,520
I can't feel my... (GASPS SHARPLY)

696
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,080
Tash, it's alright. It's alright.
(GROANS)

697
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,280
Don't move, don't move, don't move.
I can't move my...

698
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,520
(GROANS)

699
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,320
I'm gonna radio them
for help, OK? Yeah?

700
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:35,160
(WHISPERS) Thanks.

701
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,480
(BREATHES RAPIDLY) Tash?

702
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,680
Tash, stay awake.

703
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,040
Tash, stay with me.

704
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,920
Tash!

705
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,720
(WHISPERS) Oh, shit.

706
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,440
MOTT: Come in, Dumont ICC...
(COUGHS AND GROANS)

707
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,920
(GROANS) Fuck! Ahhh! Emergency.

708
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,080
The truck slipped, impact,
the crew leader...

709
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,600
Tash is hurt real bad and
we need help, OK?! We need help!

710
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,000
DELL: Keep him calm.
OK.

711
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,160
Ask if she's breathing.
Alright.

712
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,720
Hello. Ambulance, please.

713
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,080
Is she breathing?
Ah, I don't know. I think so.

714
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,320
Hang on. (GROANS)

715
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,120
Ah, w-what's your location?

716
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,600
I don't know.

717
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,880
Just...just a road...road name, an
intersection, a landmark, anything.

718
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,680
Um, we crossed a bridge
not too long ago.

719
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,200
DELL: I know that spot.

720
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:30,920
She's not breathing.

721
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,120
Anderson's Road,
about 2km north of the highway.

722
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,600
Ambos on their way.

723
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,280
You're gonna have to give her CPR.

724
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,560
I can talk you through it
until the ambos get there.

725
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,480
OK, so what you need to do
is...is push down on the chest hard,

726
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,560
do 30 compressions,
then two breaths.

727
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:47,560
MOTT: OK.

728
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,080
How about you count aloud
so I can count with you, mate?

729
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,960
OK. 30...30 compressions.

730
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,360
One, two, three, four,

731
00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,520
five, six, seven, eight, nine...

732
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,520
KIP: 10, 11, 12,

733
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,760
13, 14,

734
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:10,200
15, 16, 17, 18, 19...

735
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,840
20, 21, 22...
20, 21, 22, 23,

736
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:17,320
24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

737
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,680
29, 30.

738
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,240
Now go for another round.

739
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:24,600
Compressions, OK? Let's go.

740
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,320
Come on, Tash, one, two...
One, two...

741
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,920
(COUNTING FADES) ..three, four,

742
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,400
five, six, seven...

743
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,680
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

744
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,480
(GRUNTS)

745
00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,720
(SOBS)

746
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,040
(WEEPS) Elev...

747
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,800
(SOBS LOUDLY)

748
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,320
(GULPS THEN EXHALES HARD)

749
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,960
Tash? (SNIFFS)

750
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,120
(BRIGHTLY) Hey? Hey, Tash.

751
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,360
(VOICE BREAKS)
Please...please breathe.

752
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:21,960
Please.

753
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,880
(SHAKILY) Please breathe.

754
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,000
(TAKES GULPING BREATHS)

755
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,720
It's OK, I got you.

756
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:47,280
(SNIFFS) I got you.

757
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,200
(GASPS SHAKILY)

758
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,080
(SNIFFS)

759
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:04,720
(WHISPERS) I got you.

760
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,080
(DISTANT SIREN GROWS LOUDER)

761
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,680
MAN ON RADIO:
Curran Sector Command,

762
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,560
Tanker 1 approaching Curran,
ETA five minutes.

763
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:57,520
Copy that, Curran.

764
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,720
Set up control and send word back.

765
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,720
Uh, Tillerton Command,
please report location.

766
00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:06,240
DELL: Copy that.
Dumont ICC Operations.

767
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:09,880
(SOMBRE MUSIC)

768
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,320
(BIRD CHIRPS AND TRILLS)

769
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,640
(BIRDS TWITTER)

770
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:43,360
REPORTER: It was a case of
every man and woman for themselves

771
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,160
when a group in the small community
of Curran

772
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,240
managed to survive by
sheltering in a local shop,

773
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:53,320
protected by a DIY firefighting unit
until help arrived.

774
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,000
There's been some
international criticism

775
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,440
of Australia's response
to the fires.

776
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:00,760
What do you say to that?
ROLLO: Yeah.

777
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,600
Well, no-one would've known the
scale these fires were gonna reach.

778
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,240
Oh, they knew, Rollo!
MAN: Look around you, mate!

779
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:08,320
Is there something
you'd like to say?

780
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:10,560
It's not the time
for politics, Ruth.

781
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:13,320
You...

782
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,000
People here are doing
everything they can.

783
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,720
They're fighting.

784
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:23,480
But that's not enough, the...
This is too big.

785
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:25,960
Our home burned down around us.

786
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,040
We didn't think that
we were gonna get out.

787
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,400
NAWRA: Our neighbours, our friends,
they've got NOTHING left.

788
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,000
They've got nowhere to go.

789
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,080
It's the same with the animals,
all the beautiful wild animals.

790
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,080
Their...their habitat
is completely destroyed.

791
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:42,520
And people are dying,
like really young people,

792
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:45,160
before they've even had a life.

793
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,200
I... Wh...
Yeah.

794
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:49,480
I mean, how bad does it have to get

795
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,200
before somebody
actually does something?!

796
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:55,720
Isn't this enough?! Isn't it?!

797
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,400
(LEAVES RUSTLE SOFTLY)

798
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,000
(INTENSE MUSIC)

799
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,440
NEWSREADER: This is
an emergency warning.

800
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,800
There is a bushfire to the west
that is out of control.

801
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,000
Move to the beach or the wharf!

802
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,680
Baba! Mama!

803
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:28,440
I lost my parents
and now I can't find them.

804
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,480
I've gotta protect my place.
I can't stay with her.

805
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,800
We need to get a message out.
You want me to help you?

806
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:38,440
A large cloud formed by the fire
is cutting out the light.

807
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,920
Adut! Come on!
It's safer in the water.

808
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,520
The fire's hitting houses
on the outskirts of town.

809
00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:47,680
(HELICOPTER CLATTERS)

810
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,360
I can't look after you, kid!

811
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:51,720
MAN: The fire was right at the back.
We're gonna help you.

812
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:54,800
Hold on, everyone, and good luck.

813
00:49:57,560 --> 00:49:59,560
Captions by Red Bee Media

814
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,360
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Broadcasting Corporation