Debbie Padroth and her partner, Pete Richer, stared down the firestorm and saved their home south-west of Sydney, but now they are scared to drink the water from their tank.
Debbie Padroth and her partner, Pete Richer, stared down a firestorm to save their home at Balmoral, south-west of Sydney, but are now too scared to drink the water from their tank.
They want to have the water tested in their 60,000 litre tankThe couple's home was in the path of the massiveThree of their neighbours who were evacuated lost their homes in the fire."It's been raining — that is leaking into the creek system and the winds are blowing dust onto our property.
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