As the sun rises over the Grampians town of Pomonal ... to join the CFA. "For my 16 th [birthday] my dad got me the papers to sign up. I never got around to doing it. After that fire, I thought ...

While no lives were lost, the fire destroyed 45 properties and another home was levelled in Dadswells Bridge, north of Pomonal, in a separate blaze. This summer the fire-weary community was again ...