New Australian citizen Sherwin Malenab [[SHER-win MAH-len-ab]] has been congratulated for his bravery during bushfires in north-east Victoria.
When the fire front came within 300 metres of the hospital in Corryong [[korree-ong]] on New Year’s Eve, he jumped into action with a hospital staff member, holding back the flames until the *CFA arrived.
The staff member was Brian Smith, an experienced CFA firefighter and ground-keeper at the hospital.
He says while he had a ute and a 200 litre water tank ready to fight the fire, he had no one to help him until Sherwin showed up.
The pair drove into a neighbouring property from where the fire was burning through grasslands towards the hospital.
From 4am until around 7am, they drove along the fire front, extinguishing the blaze that was being reignited by winds blowing from every direction.
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