https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/branch-manager-went-out-on-a-limb-to-help-fire-victims/news-story/51814d434ec6faee6b2eb11178b41367?btr=61194846e2ebd9e962939eeda6f45237

This article first appeared in The Australian newspaper on Monday 1 February 2021.

On Kangaroo Island, the January night sky had turned a ghostly, unnerving burnt orange.

Kaytee Collins kept one eye on the sky and one on her computer as the emergency unfolded. One piece of advice, an odd rhyme, stuck in her head.

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