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You Can’t Ask That: Mar 18

ABC series returns with questions for nine firefighters who battled blazes over summer.

You Can’t Ask That is back from tonight on ABC, putting questions to nine firefighters who battled blazes over summer.

During the unprecedented bushfire season of this summer, more than 2000 homes were lost, and more than 30 people died. 1 billion animals are estimated dead. Our cities have been choked with smoke haze, children kept inside at schools and daycare centres. Towns and livelihoods have been destroyed. And the cleanup is only just beginning.

Throughout all this, there was one group of people who experienced the fires like no other: Firefighters. Those running towards the flames, risking their own lives to save ours.

Most of them volunteers. So what is it really like to be a firefighter? We’ve heard the news grabs and the voices of authority, but in the season premiere of You Can’t Ask That, you’ll meet nine firefighters from around the country who give you their raw, personal, unfiltered insights into fire, fear, heroism and more. Every firefighter you’ll meet in this episode has lost something to fire — colleagues, family members, homes, places of cultural significance, animals, possessions and memories.

9pm Wednesday on ABC.

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