An Australian man has lost his home in the devastating Los Angeles fires, while his sister exposed the key differences between the dire situation in California and what they would face in an Australian bushfire.
Glen Whelan, 39, moved from Melbourne to California 10 years ago to live and work, but his home in the Pacific Palisades was destroyed last week as wildfires tore through the city.
He recorded a video for his sister Catherine Cruse while sifting through the debris of his former home, showing that everything he owned had been reduced to ashes and rubble.
‘He and his partner have been left with nothing but the clothes on their back,’ she said.
‘Insurance will only cover half of what they have lost. That is if they pay out at all.
‘My heart is breaking for him, we can’t replace all the memories he has lost.’
She said there was one significant difference between Australia and the US during natural disasters.
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