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EXPAT AID A phoenix from the flames as thousands of northern European residents rally to the fire call!
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AS THE embers cool and the smoke clears above the vast swathes of blackened hillsides in the Sierra Bermeja, a phoenix is rising from the ashes. This is the spirit of a community that is determined to pull together and help those affected by a blaze which ravaged close to 10,000 hectares of woodland between Estepona and Ronda - and killed a young Spanish fireman. So quickly have expats rallied to ALL AREAS COVERED the call to help the 4G UNLIMITED victims of the INTERNET six-day IDEAL FOR blaze, STREAMING TV t h a t ALSO IPTV, American fundSATELLITE TV raising giant Gotel: (0034) 952 763 840 FundMe info@theskydoctor.com contactwww.theskydoctor.com ed the
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Olive Press to praise them. The Californian company lauded the unprecedented number of campaigns - already numbering over half a dozen launched by expats over the last week. They include British resident Graham Pagden, 51, who felt moved to do something to help having watched the wildfire come dangerously close to ravaging his valley home. The Casares-based property manager particularly wanted to help the family of dead fireman Carlos Martinez Haro, 41, from Almeria.
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“I looked at my two daughters who are about the same age as his and thought we have to do something for the girls he left behind,” he told the Olive Press this week. The ‘Go Fund Me’ drive he set up has already raised €6,600 for the Haro family. “Someone who says goodbye to his wife and daughters and travels across the country to stand in front of a ferocious fire to save people and their homes, is a little bit special,” he said. “It’s very sad indeed.”
TRAGIC: Dead fireman Carlos His daughters have donated their pocket money to the cause along with hundreds of others around Andalucia who felt moved to do something. As the fire raged, the expat community pulled together with volunteers rushing to those who were threatened by the blaze. Members of the equestrian community offered to take in horses from the fire zone, animal lovers took in over 100 dogs from ADANA, while voluntary vets were Continues on Page 8
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