Cobargo fire crisis: Wandella neighbours, sheep survive by breathing oxygen from welding tank

By Albert McKnight
Updated January 27 2020 - 11:01am, first published January 24 2020 - 3:00pm
TRAGEDY: Toby Rixon-Gosch, Nicole Bailey and their five-year-old daughter Layla Rixon-Gosch show the remains of their house, which has been pushed into a pile in their yard. Pictures: Albert McKnight
TRAGEDY: Toby Rixon-Gosch, Nicole Bailey and their five-year-old daughter Layla Rixon-Gosch show the remains of their house, which has been pushed into a pile in their yard. Pictures: Albert McKnight

Four people sheltered in the bathroom of a house, with two pet sheep, sharing an oxygen tank as a firestorm raged around them.

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