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Fire-hit Australian farmers vow to rise from the ashes

?Brother and sisters Jesse and Kiahan Bellchambers stand in front of the charred ruins of their home in Batlow, in Australia's New South Wales state. [AFP / SAEED KHAN]

Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which swept through his farm in Batlow, New South Wales.

He is one of several dozen residents who remained in the southeastern Australian town to protect his animals as authorities urged everyone to leave last week, calling the place "undefendable".

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