Peregian Beach's 'Armageddon' fire remembered one year on
ABCWhen police busted through Andrew Michael's home as a massive bushfire roared outside, the fiercely independent 94-year-old did not want to go. With a walking stick in one hand and police beside him, Mr Michael was escorted down the stairs of his beloved Peregian Beach home with "millions" of sparks "raining" down. "You could barely breathe, let alone see," Senior Constable Campbell said at the time. Petrol station, aged care facility under threat Noosa Fire Station Officer Rob Frey said emergency services worked together to protect the town with "firefighters, police officers doing everybody's job". "The rural firies are the real heroes in my eyes, they were there in the blink of an eye, they don't get paid to do that, and they were the heroes," Senior Constable Campbell said.
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