American billionaire and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos donated one million Australian dollars (about 690,000 US dollars) from his companies account to victims of Australia's forest fires, and wrote in a blog post on his Instagram account, "Our hearts with the Australians dealing with devastating forest fires; Amazon donates one million dollars An Australian to help them. "


Jeff was celebrating his Monday birthday still the richest man in the world, beating Bill Gates, although 2019 was disastrous for him financially.

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Our hearts go out to all Australians as they cope with these devastating bushfires. Amazon is donating 1 million AU dollars in needed provisions and services. Find more about it and learn how customers can help as well. Link in bio.

A post shared by Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos) onJan 11, 2020 at 10:17 pm PST

The Australian authorities have allocated $ 35 million to restore wildlife destroyed by forest fires. "We have announced an initial contribution of A $ 50 million ($ 34.5 million) to facilitate immediate action to protect wildlife after forest fires, and to work jointly with other organizations to actively plan to restore life," the Australian Finance Minister said in a tweet on Twitter.

Jeff Bezos caught flak on Twitter for his $ 690,000 donation to the Australian wildfire crisis. Critics felt that the Amazon CEO, who is worth $ 110 billion, could have done more. https://t.co/wM5oZstCmn

- Frank Winfield (@ FrankWinfield4) January 13, 2020

And months of fires have killed 28 people, destroyed nearly ten million hectares of forest, destroyed more than three thousand homes, affected more than a billion animals, and the number of koalas in the region may decrease by 30%.