Chasing fire in the night

By Everard Himmelreich
Updated May 6 2018 - 11:21am, first published May 4 2018 - 7:30pm
Quick to respond: Bostocks Creek CFA members Lance Robilliard, left, Leon Clark, Eddy Guthridge and David Hallyburton were among the hundreds of firefighters whose work helped prevent loss of life in the St Patrick's Day fires. Pictures: Christine Ansorge
Quick to respond: Bostocks Creek CFA members Lance Robilliard, left, Leon Clark, Eddy Guthridge and David Hallyburton were among the hundreds of firefighters whose work helped prevent loss of life in the St Patrick's Day fires. Pictures: Christine Ansorge

Camperdown and Cobden do not know how lucky they are. That’s the opinion of Bostocks Creek captain Lance Robilliard after he and dozens of other firefighters fought the fire that broke out near Camperdown on the night of March 17 this year, one of the four big St Patrick’s day blazes that caused widespread heartbreak throughout the south-west.

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