Locals and a firefighter assisted a koala that walked into a residential area whilst escaping from a bushfire.<br /><br />The footage shows a firefighter helping the koala lying in the middle of a road and taking it to safety.<br /><br />The filmer writes: ''I spotted the koala when it was walking out of the bush, I guess looking for some water.<br /><br />''It was very smokey from the fires so we sprayed him down with water and gave him some to drink.<br /><br />''After that, he went back up another tree in the front yard.''<br /><br />The clip was filmed on April 15 in Sydney.
