Fire station odyssey transforms youngster

John Conroy

A YOUNG Melbourne firefighting enthusiast has capped a four-year odyssey across Victoria by visiting Mildura fire and rescue, ticking off the last of the state’s 85 stations. Ashton Shingles, now 16, started his campaign four years ago, abandoning an interest in planespotting after seeing fire trucks “turnout” from a station on his way home from […]

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