AMID the flames and smoke, which overcame the Indigo Valley, a small rock wallaby took shelter under a tree.
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After toughing it out in the charcoaled bush, the injured animal was rescued by a passing fire crew on Tuesday.
Thurgoona Rural Fire Brigade Deputy Captain Peter Fisher dropped the wallaby at Indigo Valley's fire shed.
“We found it on a property off the Indigo Valley, the poor little bugger looked like he was stuck under a tree branch,” Mr Fisher said.
“We tried to calm him, we offered him a bit of a drink wrapped him in a blanket.
“He'd been burned and dehydrated.”
People should look burns or signs of smoke inhalation, dehydration or starvation.
Report injured wildlife at www.wildlifevictoria.org.au or 1300 094 535.
