Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday after the fire destroyed the previous owner of the house the previous year. Lance Avent lived in the city Wednesday, but the long member of the Anglesea CFA would rather keep the memories of the most devastating day. We went to Marsh Quaestors fires and fought there, and Bill Bubb made the call will be home in Anglesea. The day was a mess after that. It scared all of us», said Avent.

25 years since Wednesday, but time will not obliterate the memories of the hellish day for people living in Anglesea. The coastal village was destroyed by the fire on 16 February 1983, with about 132 homes in the town was destroyed and many others suffered severe damage.Three people lost their lives in the Otways and thousands of people, the painful memories.

Mr. Avent said Wednesday that he was once in 100 years of fire. “What I am concerned we will not see again in our lives,” he said. Anglesea CFA former captain and member of the brigade for 45 years, was also Mr Bubb quiet yesterday. Anglesea He was much safer than today, in 1983, thanks to Parks Victoria cutting work had been completed.