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These two local heroes are putting the 'fighter' in firefighter

Mel Leigh Dee
Updated November 20 2019 - 12:42pm, first published November 15 2019 - 9:00pm
Irene Pachos and Darryl Aldridge
Irene Pachos and Darryl Aldridge

They call them 'widow makers'; trees whose internal structure has become compromised from the ravages of a bushfire. On a still, silent day, long after fire has passed through, a huge branch or the whole tree can suddenly drop, without warning.

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Mel Leigh Dee

Mel Leigh Dee

Journalist

Mel is a journalist at the Guardian News and is based in Macksville.

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