Volunteers helping out at the recovery centre set up in the Dereel Community Hall. Picture: Andrew Brownbill Source: Herald Sun
A WEEK after a bushfire raged through the region, the community of Dereel has come together to look after its own.
Several families in the Golden Plains town faced the Easter weekend without a single possession, all taken by the 13,000ha blaze.
"This is important and we're all banding together, working together and supporting each other," CFA volunteer and Dereel resident Kim Stanley-Eyles said yesterday.
"There are families who have lost everything so we know it's not a quick fix, it won't be fixed in a week.
"We have so much in terms of donations and goodwill not just from the local community but right across this half of Victoria.
"Some people have lost animals, which to them is devastating; some have lost their livelihood.
"There are local fencing people who just want to help other people but they have no tools left."
CFA volunteer Kim Stanley-Eyles shares a hug the Dereel Community Hall. Picture: Andrew Brownbill Source: Herald Sun
The timing of the fire could not have been worse, coming right at the end of the fire season when fuel loads were at their highest levels, and just days before the long Easter break.
At the recovery centre set up in the Dereel Community Hall, clothes, food, stock feed and household goods fill the tables.
A community barbecue will be held tomorrow at the hall to thank the CFA, volunteers and others involved in the response and recovery effort.
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