Australian man who lost his family home in bushfires wins $1 million in lottery

An Australian man, who lost his uninsured family home in dely bushfire, has won $1 million in a lottery. anymous Brisbane resident owned a family property in rrn part of fire-ravd New South Wales which got destroyed in blaze last year. According to media reports, man from Mount Cotton was elated when he received information about lottery results. 

Calling it a miracle, he said that it has come at most incredible time and would be able to rebuild destroyed family property. He h bought ticket using his wife’s “special numbers”, which were 9, 42, 24, 13, 22, 11, with supplementary numbers of 26 and 1. Luckily man took all of prize worth $1 million since he was only ‘Division One’ winner in Gold Lotto draw.

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Fundraisers for supporting victims

catastrophic bushfires have destroyed wildlife, habitats, and infrastructures, leaving people homeless. Apart from government-funded support, people from across world are pledging donations and volunteering to help fight blazes. Australian comedian Celeste Barber has raised more than $45 million for New South Wales Rural fire service after she started a fundraiser on Facebook on January 3. 

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American singer Alecia Beth Moore, kwn professionally as Pink, also pledged a donation of $500,000 to local fire services and urged people to make donations to help battle bushfires. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has anunced establishment of a national bushfire recovery fund with an initial $2 billion. fund will be used to coordinate a national response to rebuild communities and livelihoods in aftermath of a catastrophic bushfire. Morrison has warned that crisis due to bushfires are t over and might go on for months. Speaking to reporters on January 5, Morrison said that Tasmania and Victoria witness more difficult season in January and February so re is still a long way to go.

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