jochen, with staff and neighbours, fought to save the eco—cabin resort where he worked. sort of got a little bit chaotic for me and, yeah, i probably got a bit, quite a bit scared, actually. erm, not sure where to go. looked like everywhere was burning. and, yeah, it was a good few minutes where i really, i thought i was going to get burnt badly or this might be it. they sheltered in a fire bunker. when they emerged, the cabins were still standing, but almost everything else was gone. siren wails fire truck radio: requesting assistance. 0ver. who's that down! —— hose. in mid—december, two volunteer firefighters were amongst the first rescue workers to pay the highest price. i think it was not short ofjust before midnight that i got a phone call from my deputy who indicated that they'd got reports from the field about an awful accident involving some firefighters and the reports were for serious injuries and potentially fatalities. reporter: the loss of two volunteer firefighters who died last night while fighting a blaze south—west of sydney represents a grim, new, low p