MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Firefighters, family and the small Australian town of Holbrook hailed fallen volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul a hero in a solemn funeral on Friday, as long awaited rains started to extinguish some of the deadly bushfires raging for months.
McPaul, 28, was killed in December battling a massive fire near his hometown of Holbrook in southern New South Wales state.
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