Hero of the Inferno

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A HERO of the Australian bushfires disaster has told how the house that had taken him 28 years to build was destroyed in as many minutes - as he battled to save neighbouring homes.

Volunteer firefighter Pat Leddin, 62, said he and his wife Lindi had watched in dread last weekend as the blaze closed in on their home in Ryan's Rise, a hillside village 40 miles from Melbourne.

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Hero of the Inferno

He decided to drive Lindi to safety in Wandong, seven miles down a mountain, stopping off along the way to help put out ...

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