Farmer Tommy Meaney was about to order a beer at the Gungellan Hotel in Freeling when someone warned him to look outside.
Large plumes of smoke said it all – a grass and stubble fire had engulfed the Horrocks Highway at Templers.
More than 200 firefighters were sent when it broke out just before 1pm Friday – and Mr Meaney left the pub to join the fight with a water tank on the back of his ute.
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