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Summary
A CFA (Country Fire Authority) firefighter David Tree offers a wild Australian koala (later named "Sam") a drink of water, Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia 9 February, 2009.

Sam is being treated at the Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter in Rawson, Victoria, Australia.

Two people suspected of setting the fires are now in custody.

The human toll of the bushfires is expected to top 200, while officials believe the wildlife toll is feared in the millions.

AP Photo by Mark Pardew, found at: DayLife.com, All contents © copyright 1999-2009 Getty Images, Inc. All rights reserved.