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US firefighters remembered as Australia's 'darkest summer' continues

The Parliament House flag at half-mast for the US firefighters killed in action

Federal Parliament House flag at half-mast for the US firefighters killed in action Source: SBS

They are being remembered as remarkable individuals, heroes and family men who lost their lives battling a bushfire in a country they didn't even call home.


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By Omar Dabbagh

Source: SBS



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They are being remembered as remarkable individuals, heroes and family men who lost their lives battling a bushfire in a country they didn't even call home.



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