Victoria bushfires: hellish wait for those who fled – and those who stayed

Many visitors and residents left homes and campsites in East Gippsland ahead of a terrifying fire day, but others ignored warnings and stayed behind

Marilyn Withers brought a sun tent and a camping chair to Bairnsdale, intending to have a relaxing day by the river.

Fifteen kilometres away, her son – worried about having his 77-year-old recently bereaved mother underfoot – prepared to defend her home in Nicholson against an approaching bushfire.

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