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Heartbroken Russell Crowe shows bushfire damage to multimillion dollar property

<p>Russell Crowe has shared a sad video of the bushfire damage done to his property.</p> <p>The Hollywood actor said he originally intended to just send the small clip to his friend, but felt the need to share it with Twitter too.</p> <p>“Fires still burning, logs smoking everywhere you look,” he wrote.</p> <p>“Got halfway to where we were trying to get to, will try again in the morning when it’s cooler.”</p> <p>The actor previously shared images of his NSW property after the bushfire left regions of it “scorched” and out of water.</p> <p>He noted he “was overall very lucky” at the time after a couple of buildings were lost on his property.</p> <p>Crowe owns 400 hectares of land around Nana Glen, inland and northwest of Coffs Harbour.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Sent this to a friend. Thought I’d share with you too . Fires still burning , logs smoking everywhere you look. <br />Got halfway to where we were trying to get to, will try again in the morning when it’s cooler. <a href="https://t.co/eCjR8QXXMm">pic.twitter.com/eCjR8QXXMm</a></p> — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) <a href="https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/1198808392803860480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>“So we’re up here trying to get up to this ridge road but we keep coming across things like that,” he said in the most recent video shared, before panning the phone to a tree across the road.</p> <p>“So I’ve got a few boys behind me chopping through with a chainsaw, but I don’t think we brought enough chainsaws because we’ve got a long way to go to get to where we’re supposed to be.</p> <p>“Look at this place, mate,” he shows his friend.</p> <p>“Absolutely f***ing smashed.”</p> <p>On Sunday it was recorded 65 fires continued to burn across NSW, with 31 yet to be contained.</p> <p>Blazes in Victoria and north Queensland are still causing alarm.</p> <p>NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced there would be $48 million set aside for bushfire recovery, after blazes devastated many communities.</p> <p>The community recovery package, which is both a federal and state government initiative – was announced on Sunday morning and included a grant of up to $15,000 to aide small businesses and farmers.</p> <div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see the impact on Crowe's property. </p> </div> </div> </div>

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