350 koalas and even more are presumed to be dead because of a bushfire near the NSW mid-north coast.
Wildlife rescuers have deemed this incident a national tragedy.
The fire is said to have spread over 2/3rds of Crestwood, which is an area known to be a Koala breeding ground, south of Port Macquarie.
The president of the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital, Sue Ashton, said that based on the statistic of a 60% mortality rate, about 350 koalas would certainly be lost.
She has a team of hospital workers prepared to conduct a rescue search the moment the NSW Rural Fire Service gave the green light.
She said it would require several days of work in extreme conditions, where they must search a fire ground and the weather would start to heat up.
The hospital had released graphic footage of koalas having been burned to death sprawled across the ground, to which Ms. Ashton said the disaster would definitely take a toll on the volunteers.
She would have to arrange for counseling for the rescuers because of how traumatic the remains were, especially because they specialize in helping koalas.
She said that it was a national tragedy.
The smoke from the bushfires that initiated near Port Macquarie and the Hunter region has traveled down over parts of Sydney and reached Bowral.
The forecast from the department of the environment was not pretty, they said the air quality would be poor because of the particles, and people with weak respiratory or heart conditions were advised to stay inside.
What was scarier is that the air quality index showed ‘hazardous’ for lower Hunter, upper Hunter, Sydney’s East and Central Coast.
The northerly winds are predicted to bring more smoke over affected areas.
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