RFS volunteer Nikolai Teliatnikov: "I called mom to wish her a Happy New Year and went back to the bushfires"

A bushfire jumps the Bells Line Road north of Lithgow, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

A bushfire jumps the Bells Line Road north of Lithgow, (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) Source: AAP

RFS volunteer told SBS Russian why he decided to become a volunteer firefighter at the age of 18 and how he was working during the 2019 "Black summer" bushfires.


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