In a daring moo-ve, a quick-thinking milkman has averted an
udder disaster in inner Brisbane, dousing a fire with milk.
Shane Fuller was delivering milk about 4.40am today at Spring
Hill when he saw a planter box on fire on the footpath.
"The flames were about half-a-metre high - some of the mulch
and palms were starting to burn," he told ABC Radio.
"I just jumped in and made sure it couldn't get any worse.
"I didn't have any water so I just grabbed some bottles of
milk and just drenched it."
Mr Fuller never thought he'd have to put out a fire with
milk, and said unfortunately some cafes would be short of
milk this morning.
"Normally I use water, but it had to be milk today, that's
all I had."
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