Bunyip fire: Goat miraculously survives on only grass patch in paddock
A goat tethered to a fence has survived a bushfire — by standing on the only patch of grass that didn’t burn in a charred paddock.
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A goat tethered to a fence has miraculously survived Victoria’s Bunyip bushfire — by standing on the only patch of grass that didn’t burn in a charred paddock.
Moorooduc firefighters came across the “luckiest goat” on Sunday when leaving a property at Tonimbuk.
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“He’d been surrounded by fire throughout the day, yet the one square metre patch of dirt and grass he was standing on didn’t burn,” volunteer firefighter Aaron Pinxt wrote on Facebook.
“Everything around this guy was burnt, yet somehow (he) survived without a scratch.”
The firefighters checked him over for injuries and filled a drum with fresh water from their truck.
“Hopefully that water will keep him going until his owners are allowed back home,” Mr Pinxt said.
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The Bunyip blaze is said to have burned more than 14,500ha, the fires at Licola more than 16,500ha and at Dargo more than 12,200ha.
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