This is Australia – Muslim heroes travel to fire-ravaged Victoria to cook meals for exhausted firefighters battling the blaze

A Muslim group have travelled to a fire-ravaged town to offer support to those who have been affected by the devastating blazes.

Members of the Newport Islamic Society cooked meals for exhausted firefighters at the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade over the weekend.

The brave firemen have been working tirelessly to contain blazes that have been raging in East Gippsland for the past week.

‘It was very emotional to see how tired and drained they were. They were just exhausted,’ volunteer Lookman El Kurdi told Daily Mail Australia.

Members of the Newport Islamic Society cooked meals for exhausted fire fighters at the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade over the weekend

Members of the Newport Islamic Society and the Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade have lunch together on Saturday

‘It felt really good to at least give them a feed and prey for them and show we are thinking about them.’

Mr El Kurdi said the group felt compelled to help after seeing what was happening around the country.

Along with cooking the meal, the group also collected five truckloads of much-needed items to be delivered across the region.

About 40 volunteers served food to the exhausted fire fighters in Johnsonville on Saturday

Firefighters were thrilled with the much-needed delivery of food and canned goods

‘We were seeing all these bushfires that were happening around Australia and felt we needed to do something.

‘We put the call out and within 48 hours we had collected so many items.’

Hundreds of homes have been destroyed as a result of the bushfires across East Gippsland.

Many communities have been displaced as a result of the devastating infernos.

Along with cooking the meal, the group also collected five truckloads of much-needed items to be delivered across the region

The East Gippsland area has been ravaged by bushfires, but they have seen some relief from rain on Monday

Fire fighters have been working around the clock to save what they can, with more than 766,000 hectares of land being burnout in the area.

However, some reprieve was promised with 10 millimetres expected in the area on Monday.

But communities would be back in the firing line later in the week when blazes threaten to flare up.

Editor in Chief at Science & Faith

Admin and Editor of Science & Faith

Latest posts by Science & Faith (see all)