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I had an uncle who got trapped on Mount Macedon in '83 where he spent the night on the floor of a concrete public toilet block. His car while drivable had the
by dwd 8y ago
I had an uncle who got trapped on Mount Macedon in '83 where he spent the night on the floor of a concrete public toilet block.
His car while drivable had the CFA logo magnet welded to the door from the heat of the firestorm.
- King-Aaron 8y agoBeing trapped in a firestorm is a terrifying experience, it sounds like it's a damn good thing your uncle had the sense to find a safe place to take shelter!
- dwd 8y agoHe was based at the Fiskville training facility for a few years which would have been around that time and explain how he was at Macedon; prior to that he was a station chief so quite experienced. The way he described the houses around them imploding and how the fire would rush out, take something and then suck back into itself sounded like a nightmare. It was enough for him to have left the CFA a few years later.