00:00Life has been a blur for the Yeti family since they fled their home near Seymour a week ago.
00:08We found out on Friday that the house and all of our belongings has unfortunately perished in the fire.
00:15In between scrambling to find somewhere to stay, they've been trying to apply for a federal disaster payment.
00:21But like many others, they've been told their home isn't in an affected area.
00:25It was quite upsetting and quite infuriating to be honest with you.
00:29This afternoon, the list of areas eligible to receive federal payments was expanded.
00:34But Sam Fork, who fought the fires for a week, has been told he's not eligible for relief at all
00:40because he didn't evacuate or lose his house.
00:43It's disappointing, you know. We've had to throw out food and we've had to pay for petrol to run generators.
00:49Some of those who are eligible are being stymied by technical issues.
00:53It's very clear on what you need to upload, licensing and other kind of information, but there's absolutely nowhere to upload it.
00:58We have people that cannot do their food shops. Like, they cannot go to the chemist and get nappies for their children.
01:05The fires have burnt more than 400,000 hectares, claimed 259 homes and killed one person.
01:12This morning, some firefighters called for an inquiry, saying more funding could have made a difference.
01:17Jacinda Allen, where the money's going. Because it's not going to us, it's not coming out of our hoses and fighting the fires on the ground.
01:24We have been more than adequately funding the CFA.
01:28But late today, the government announced the Inspector General of Emergency Management would review the fires.
01:34With more than 100 roads still closed, the state has pledged $80 million of funding to get them back open.
01:41This road heading out of Alexandra towards Yark was mostly open yesterday.
01:45We were allowed through, but today it's been blocked.
01:48Police are only letting essentials through and it's frustrating locals.
01:52They don't feel like they even know what they're doing.
01:54Like, you ask them why we're being stopped and they can't tell you, you know.
01:57When we can open a road, we are absolutely doing that.
02:01Just one of the roadblocks locals, who've lost everything, are contending with.
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