A woman rescued a badly burnt and wailing koala from an Australian bushfire on Tuesday (November 19).

The marsupial was spotted crossing a road amongst the flames near Long Flat in New South Wales (NSW).

A local woman, who told Australia's Nine News her name was Toni, rushed to the koala's aid, wrapping the animal in her shirt and a blanket and pouring water over it.

She said she would transport the injured koala to the nearby Port Macquarie Koala Hospital.

Heartbreaking image of burnt koala mum shielding her baby as wildfires rip through Australia:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9899361...

Hundreds of koalas burned alive after breeding ground is wiped out by bushfires ravaging parts of south east Australia:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1024128...

Koalas are now ‘functionally’ extinct with tiny remaining wild population ‘unable to support the next generation’:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9089501...

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