One family's house survived against all odds

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated February 14 2017 - 3:45pm, first published 3:28pm
LUCKY ESCAPE: Heather Smith and her dog, Poppy outside their home which escaped the fire raging around it.
LUCKY ESCAPE: Heather Smith and her dog, Poppy outside their home which escaped the fire raging around it.

Pappinbarra couple, Heather and Harvey Smith were driving home from Canberra on Sunday when their neighbours rang to tell them about the catastrophic fire that was raging through the area.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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