Danni Gillam-Kirton

“No-one seems to be willing to say 'do you know what, we made a mistake and for that we are sorry'.”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton wants someone to acknowledge what went wrong and apologize for the mistakes made during the wildfire response.

“It feels like they're going to hope that we exhaust ourselves,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton feels authorities are hoping families will exhaust themselves in their pursuit of answers.

“We still don't know who or what they are,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton says the bone fragments found in the car remain unidentified despite expert opinions suggesting they were human.

“I picked up what I recognised to be... part of a pelvis or a hip joint,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton describes finding what appeared to be human bones in her father's burnt-out car a month after the fire.

“They were fantastic parents, my biggest champions and cheerleaders,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton describes her parents Pete and Fran, who died in the Bédar wildfire.

“They leave a huge, huge hole in our lives.”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton describes the impact of losing her parents Pete and Fran in the fire.

“a real lack of empathy when you're dealing with families that have lost so much”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton criticizes what she sees as a lack of empathy from authorities toward grieving families.

“How can you have faith in these measures that they're putting in to mitigate future disasters if you don't know fully what happened the first time around?”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton questions how families can trust future disaster mitigation measures without knowing what happened in Bédar.

“They were waiting for instructions, and those instructions didn't come,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton says her mother texted that they had packed but were waiting for evacuation instructions that never came.

“Either the burden of grief is going to be enough for us to give up, or that we're going to financially exhaust ourselves.”

Danni Gillam-Kirton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-06

Danni Gillam-Kirton fears the burden of grief or financial strain will force families to give up their fight.