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WATCH: After incubating their pet emus for 45 days, Kenneth and Kirsten Zayas mourn the loss of beloved pets in the Mayfield housefire on August 27, despite neighbours' efforts to save all the animals.
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00:00I was just confused. I just didn't think it was our house.
00:05The neighbours tried to call me, but I was already up here by the time I got the calls.
00:10I just couldn't believe it.
00:12I just finished work like every other day and went to Bunnings and came home and there was fire trucks
00:18everywhere.
00:20Driving up the street and I thought, oh, did I hit something?
00:24And it was like a big explosion, but really, really loud.
00:27And I've pushed some of the glass aside and put my head inside and it's just covered in smoking, but
00:33I could see flames inside the house.
00:35And I thought, oh, I've got to stop this.
00:37Tried putting it out. I think he actually did put it out fully.
00:40And actually by then it was too late for the birds and the birds.
00:44Two baby emus. There was about seven king quail and I think 13 baby quail.
00:53You can't replace those.
00:54I've always wanted like dinosaurs. I like dinosaurs.
00:58So yeah, emus were the closest and I think they were just three weeks old.
01:02We hatched them. We bought the eggs.
01:04Took up over 45, 46 days to incubate them.
01:09They think the heat lamp for the emus must have fallen over.
01:15So, did you give them a little bit of a goodbye?
01:19Yeah.
01:20Yeah, she was holding them for a while.
01:24Yeah, they're very just there.
01:25We said our last goodbyes and buried them in the face.
01:28So, they're what we're looking for.

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