Heat stirs memory of tragic bushfires

By Emma Partridge
Updated January 18 2013 - 1:19pm, first published January 15 2013 - 1:55pm

The deaths of 11 Sutherland Shire volunteer firefighters since 1977 will be forever remembered by residents living in a region regularly  devastated by  bushfires. The shire was lucky enough get through temperatures of up to 43 degrees last week without the loss of property or life. But in the past such days have ended in tragedy. On January 9, 30 years ago, a fire burning on Anana Hill at Grays Point took the lives of  three volunteer firefighters. Emma Partridge looks back on some of the shire’s darkest hours and the unwavering commitment of Rural Fire Service volunteers.

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