They are like scenes from a horror movie.

They’re stories that make the back of your neck prickle.

This it what the reality is for thousands of holidaymakers and locals on the NSW South Coast and Victorian Gippsland areas.

Most Australians right now are either in the midst of, waiting to hear from, or just thinking about those currently dealing with the Australian bushfire crisis.

This photo by Matt Abbott is one of the key haunting images from the last few days being broadcast internationally. It’s a picture that’s being used to tell the world that Australia is burning.

We’ve compiled some of the stories from the region as the fight to save lives and homes continues.

Tracey and her family ran for their lives as fire licked its way up their holiday home. Post continue after video.

Seven people have died in a matter of days.

A father and son were among them. They lost their lives at Cobargo, NSW, trying to defend their home on New Year’s Eve.

This is what the town looked like when it was engulfed by flames. For many, it’s the last inland pitstop after Bega on the Princes Highway, before heading east to the coast.

Patrick’s wife Renee wrote of her loss, “we are broken,” in a post on Facebook.

“I love you now, I love you still, I always have and I always will,” she told her community online.

A kangaroo sanctuary destroyed.

Wild 2 Free is a kangaroo sanctuary in the Mogo State Forest.

It’s run by Sayo and Rae, who met in Melbourne, and searched the entire coast of our country to find a place to start their charity and help animals in need.

They rehabilitate and release native animals back into the wild.

At 4am on New Year’s Eve, the sanctuary caught on fire.

“We tried to protect the property but we couldn’t. It wasn’t a bushfire. It was a raging apocalypse. There were no planes or fire trucks there to access or help us,” Rae wrote online, adding that if their neighbour Simon hadn’t saved them via boat they would have died from smoke inhalation if not flames.

Five kangaroos and one wallaby managed to survive.

Once the fires leave their region they won’t just be rebuilding their sanctuary, they’ll likely be inundated with injured, burnt animals that need their help. If you’d like to help them, you can donate here.

Fire also threatened the nearby Mogo Wildlife Park.

Photos from zookeeper Chad show how close they came to losing their animals.

Around 400 homes have been lost, including that of Love Island 2018 winner Grant Crapp.

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