Western Australian farmer dies trying to protect property from fast-moving bushfire

Mark Mudie, believed to be in his 60s, was fighting a large blaze near Ravensthorpe, about 500km south-east of Perth

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A farmer working frantically to protect his property from a fast-moving bushfire has died after his vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Mark Mudie, who was in his 60s, was trying to create a fire break with a front-end loader at West River near Ravensthorpe about 450km south-east of Perth.