Deaths reported in Strathewen Australian from fire - Strathewen resident Mary Avola escaped, but her husband, Peter, died after they fled their home in separate cars trying to reach a nearby sporting ground.
"He was behind me in another car. He was behind me for a while and we tried to reach the oval but the gates were locked," Mrs Avola told Melbourne's Herald Sun website.
"He just told me to go and that's the last time I saw him." His body has been recovered.
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