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Kangaroo Valley locals tell of horror and hope amid Currowan fire devastation

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 6 2020 - 10:11pm, first published 8:00pm
Pictures: Adam McLean.
Pictures: Adam McLean.

In the eerie, smoke-filled calm of Kangaroo Valley's main street, there was little sign of the devastation caused when a fast-moving front of the giant Currowan fire burned through on Saturday.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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