Pappinbarra bush fires: journalist Letitia Fitzpatrick remembers

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated February 13 2018 - 8:58am, first published February 12 2018 - 6:00pm
One of the homes destroyed in the Pappinbarra bush fires.
One of the homes destroyed in the Pappinbarra bush fires.

Sunday February 12 last year was the hottest day I’ve ever known.  I was off duty that day, trying to stay cool at home.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.