The baby koala named Maryanne lost her mother and a claw, and suffered severe burns on the pads on her feet when Australias wildfires destroyed her southeast Queensland habitat.

Peter Luker, a volunteer firefighter and animal caretaker with the Ipswich Koala Protection Society, has seen horrific things this fire season but currently has the pleasure of watching little Maryanne make a full recovery.

In early December, a frustrated Luker shared a graphic photo of a charred koala hed come across as he helped fight the Wivenhoe Pocket fire to demonstrate the horrors of this fire season. The heartbreaking post went viral and was liked and shared tens of thousands of times.

In the new year, Luker is sharing a more positive story from that same blaze. He and his partner, Trudi Timbs, took on Maryanne after she suffered her injuries a week before Christmas, most likely from walking over hot coals or climbing a burning tree.