Help stalled: bushfire victims feel 'abandoned'

By Mal Gill
Updated August 16 2012 - 5:32pm, first published May 1 2012 - 9:46am
ABANDONED: Five months on from the devastation and destruction of the Margaret River bushfires, some of the residents who lost homes when Department of Environment and Conservation-lit prescribed burns escaped into residential areas claim State Government assistance has stalled and they feel “abandoned”. Picture: Sean Blocksidge
ABANDONED: Five months on from the devastation and destruction of the Margaret River bushfires, some of the residents who lost homes when Department of Environment and Conservation-lit prescribed burns escaped into residential areas claim State Government assistance has stalled and they feel “abandoned”. Picture: Sean Blocksidge
Help stalled: bushfire victims feel 'abandoned'
Help stalled: bushfire victims feel 'abandoned'

RESIDENTS who lost homes in the Margaret River bushfires last November claimed on Sunday the assistance process had “stalled” and that they felt “abandoned” by the State Government.