"Victoria's emergency services minister maintains that response times are the best in Australia but says further funding for fire services has been requested.
Freda Kililit's thoughts are ravaged by "what if" moments two years after her home burnt down.
The mother and nurse started her day hours later than usual due to a shift change, when she noticed an ominous glow from the neighbour's backyard.
Her husband and baby were upstairs at home in Clyde North, in Melbourne's outer south-east, unaware of the impending disaster."
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