In pictures: Kangaroo Island bushfire disaster

GRAPHIC WARNING: Raging flames, devastated bushland, exhausted firefighters and an unimaginable animal toll ... these are the harrowing images of the Kangaroo Island bushfires.

1/75Aerial photos of the Kangaroo Island bushfire near Parndana. Picture: Tim Lawson @tmanadventure / Instagram

2/75CFS volunteers fight the firefront in light rain on Roland Hill Highway. Picture: Brad Fleet

3/75CFS firefighters resting on Kingscote Oval after fighting the bushfires through the night on Kangaroo Island, Picture: AAP / David Mariuz

4/75CFS volunteers fight the firefront in light rain on Roland Hill Highway. Picture: Brad Fleet

5/75View of the fire near Parndana on the Playford Highway, Kangaroo Island on Thursday. Picture: Brad Fleet

6/75A large plume of bushfire smoke is seen over a sheep property in the Parndana region on January. Picture: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

7/75AThe bushfires sweeping through Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

8/75A helicopter drops water on bushfires that sweeping through Stokes Bay on Thursday. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

Australian Army Privates Terry Meissner and Jan Fey direct John Elferink with the loading of Hey on to an army vehicle at Cape Jevis, SA. Picture: Emma Brasier

9/75Australian Army Privates Terry Meissner and Jan Fey direct John Elferink with the loading of Hey on to an army vehicle at Cape Jevis, SA. Picture: Emma Brasier

10/75A Volkswagen Combi sits in a paddock as bushfires burn around Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

11/75Local farmer John Stanton looks on as bushfires sweep through Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

12/75A general view of the bushfires at Stokes Bay. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

13/75Flinders Chase National Park has been utterly devastated by the bushfire. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

14/75The road leading to Flinders Chase National Park was once a lush, iconic vista. Now only shades of grey remain. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

15/75Flinders Chase National Park has been utterly devastated by the bushfire. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

16/75Wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk with a rescued koala at a burning forest near near Cape Borda. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

17/75Scorched tall trees at Flinders Chase National Park. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

18/75The Kangaroo Island fire at its peak on Friday. Picture: Hugh Watters

19/75Enormous smoke clouds over a scorched landscape on the west of Kangaroo Island. Picture: David Mariuz/AAP

20/75Burnt landscape in Kangaroo Island on January 5. Picture: Matt Loxton

21/75Aerial images of the Kangaroo Island fire on Sunday January 5. Picture: CFS

22/75Aerial photos from the Kangaroo Island bushfire. Picture: CFS

23/75Plumes of smoke seen from Welsh Road looking north towards Lathami Conservation Park, Stokes Bay and Cassini. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

Kate Stanton runs to help the fire crews in her last untouched paddock. The Stanton family lost everything in the fires. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

24/75Kate Stanton runs to help the fire crews in her last untouched paddock. The Stanton family lost everything in the fires. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

25/75A busload of CFS volunteers en route to help fight Kangaroo Island bushfires. Picture: Leon Bignell

26/75CFS clearing roads near Snellings Beach. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

27/75MFS firefighter Ali provides a koala with a much-needed drink in the aftermath of the Kangaroo Island bushfire. Picture: Twitter/SA MFS

28/75Aerial photos of the Kangaroo Island bushfire near Parndana. Picture: Tim Lawson @tmanadventure / Instagram

29/75Aerial photos of the Kangaroo Island bushfire near Parndana. Picture: Tim Lawson @tmanadventure / Instagram

30/75A convoy of Australian light armoured vehicles is seen in Kingscote on Kangaroo Island. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

An injured Koala is seen at a forest near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

31/75An injured Koala is seen at a forest near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Tuesday, January 7, 2020. A convoy of Army vehicles, transporting up to 100 Army Reservists and self-sustainment supplies, have arrived on Kangaroo Island as part of Operation Bushfire Assist at the request of the South Australian Government. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

32/75A rescued koala at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park Picture: Dana Mitchell/Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park

33/75McLaren Flat and Sellicks CFS firefighters putting out hot spots during Kangaroo Island bushfire. Picture: Leon Bignell

34/75Aerial photos from the Kangaroo Island bushfire. Picture: CFS

35/75Burnt out property above Snellings Beach. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

36/75Kate Stanton and Helen Wurst at the Stokes Bay Community Hall. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

Helen Wurst and Kate Stanton Wurst inside the Stokes Bay Community Hall, on the corner of Stokes Bay Road and Bark Hutt Road, destroyed on Friday. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

37/75Helen Wurst and Kate Stanton Wurst inside the Stokes Bay Community Hall, on the corner of Stokes Bay Road and Bark Hutt Road, destroyed on Friday. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

Western Districts Football president Tony Nolan with what’s left of the community sports club at Gosse, Kangaroo Island. Picture: Matt Loxton

38/75Western Districts Football president Tony Nolan with what’s left of the community sports club at Gosse, Kangaroo Island. Picture: Matt Loxton

39/75Plumes of smoke seen from Welsh Road looking north towards Lathami Conservation Park, Stokes Bay and Cassini. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

40/75Vickie Chapman at her family property at Gum Valley. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

41/75Danielle and Sam Short looking at their destroyed home in Parndana after the Kangaroo Island Bushfire.

42/75Devastated homes above Stokes Bay, KI. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

43/75Devastated homes above Stokes Bay, KI. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

44/75Remains of the playground at the community sports club on Kangaroo Island. Picture: Matt Loxton

45/75A football ground the day after the blaze’s peak. Picture: Matt Loxton

46/75A scorched cricket ball retains some of its original colour. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

47/75The bodies of Dick Lang and his son Dr Clayton Lang were found near this burnt out car and trailer on Kangaroo Island. Picture: Matt Loxton

48/75A burnt out car in a burnt out forest. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

49/75Devastated homes above Stokes Bay, KI. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

50/75Devastated homes and vehicles above Stokes Bay, KI. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

51/75Another destroyed home. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

52/75The blackened landscape after the fire swept through. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz

53/75Flare ups above Snellings Beach. Picture: AAP/Emma Brasier

54/75The Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island destroyed by a bushfire. Picture: 7 News Adelaide.

Mountains of donations for victims of the Kangaroo Island bushfire at the Kangaroo Island store in the Adelaide Central Market. Picture: Emma Brasier

55/75Mountains of donations for victims of the Kangaroo Island bushfire at the Kangaroo Island store in the Adelaide Central Market. Picture: Emma Brasier

Reservists from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, load essential stores at Keswick Barracks prior to deploying to Kangaroo Island.

56/75Reservists from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment, load essential stores at Keswick Barracks prior to deploying to Kangaroo Island.