Comedian Celeste Barber raises more than $30 million for volunteer firefighters

Comedian Celeste Barber has raised over $30 million for fire services battling Australian blazes.

Ms Barber, who has 6.4 million followers on Instagram alone, drew pledges across social media from as far the UK, US, France, Italy. Source: Facebook/Celeste Barber

An Australian comedian who won over fans with her celebrity parodies on Instagram has helped raise a staggering $30 million to help fight deadly bushfires.

By midday Sunday, funny woman Celeste Barber had reached the goal from 450,000 donations, in three days.

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