The US musician has made an incredible pledge toward the frontline firefighters as the Australian bushfire crisis continues.
Global – International pop superstar P!nk has made a massive donation toward Australia’s frontline firefighters as the nation’s bushfire crisis continues.
The singer said she was “totally devastated” at what was unfolding as the bushfires continued to rage and took to Twitter to make the announcement:
“I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires. I am pledging a donation of $500,000 (over R7 million) directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart goes out to our friends and family in Oz.”
P!nk went on to post how others can assist as well.
Meanwhile “7 News Australia” reported that people from around the world have jumped at the chance to be able to help out those battling the catastrophic blazes Australia has faced this bushfire season.
“Australian comedian Celeste Barber’s fundraiser has raised more than $4 million for The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service and Brigades Donations Fund, prompting a worldwide fan base to contribute.
Donated from Somerset, England. Shared via Facebook and Instagram and some of my friends have shared too. It is great to see the snowball effect working,” Lizzie Tucker wrote.
The 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season has burned an estimated 5,900,000 hectares (15,000,000 acres; 59,000 km2; 23,000 sq mi), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed at least 24 people, with a further 28 missing in the state of Victoria. Regarded as one of the worst bushfire seasons in memory, the fires had burned through more land than any other blazes in the past 25 years.
From November 2019, fires heavily impacted various regions of the state of New South Wales, such as the North Coast, Mid North Coast, the Hunter Region, the Hawkesbury and the Wollondilly in Sydney’s far west, the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and the South Coast, with more than 100 fires burnt across the state. In Eastern Victoria and North-Eastern Victoria large areas of forest burnt out of control for four weeks before the fires emerged from the forests in late December, taking lives, threatening many towns and isolating Corryong and Mallacoota. A state of disaster was declared for East Gippsland. Significant fires occurred in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Moderately affected areas were South Eastern Queensland and areas of southwestern Western Australia, with a few areas in Tasmania and the ACT being mildly impacted.
Reinforcements from all over Australia were called in to assist fighting the fires and relieve exhausted local crews in New South Wales. On 11 November it was reported that the Country Fire Authority (CFA) was sending in a large contingent of up to 300 firefighters and support staff from Victoria. More than 100 firefighters had been sent from Western Australia as of 14 November 2019. Contingents were also sent from South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. On 12 November the Federal government announced that the Australian Defence Force was providing air support to the firefighting effort, as well as preparing to provide manpower and logistical support. Firefighters from New Zealand, the United States and Canada helped fight the fires, especially in New South Wales.
In December 2019, the state government declared a state of emergency in New South Wales after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought exacerbated the bushfires. Ecologists from the University of Sydney now estimate 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been lost since September. and there are real concerns entire species of plants and animals have been wiped out by bushfires.
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