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Codi Green, 7, with his aunt Roselyn Hartley on Monday … Codi managed to get Roselyn away from the flames and exploding butane gas canisters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The scorched wall and window above an air conditioning unit … debris from the fire, including a shelf, tarpaulins and the gas canisters have been cleared away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 11, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

A seven-year-old Blackbutt boy is being hailed as a “genuine little hero” by his mum after he managed to get his aunt out of a potentially dangerous house fire on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

His aunt, who was recovering from leg surgery and couldn’t walk, was asleep inside the building at the time.<\/p>\n

Codi Green was playing in the backyard of his gran’s house in Janice Court, Blackbutt, about 3:40pm when he noticed smoke rising from his aunt Roselyn Hartley’s house just up the hill.<\/p>\n

“I thought, ‘Roselyn doesn’t have a fireplace’,” Codi told southburnett.com.au<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The smoke was going higher than the tree.”<\/p>\n

Codi ran up from the backyard to see what was happening but as he was turning a corner near Roselyn’s building, there was a loud bang.<\/p>\n

Butane gas canisters that had been stored on a shelf outside the house had begun overheating and exploding.<\/p>\n

Despite this loud explosion, Codi kept on going …<\/p>\n

“I ran into get her out and grabbed her before she catched (sic) fire,” Codi said.<\/p>\n

Roselyn was startled into action.<\/p>\n

“Codi came in and said ‘we’ve got to get out’ and that’s when the explosion happened,” Roselyn said.<\/p>\n

This second explosion smashed a window on the side of the verandah near where they were.<\/p>\n

After he got Roselyn out of the building, Codi rushed back in to get her walker (“because she can’t walk without it”).<\/p>\n

“Another bang happened and I felt the ground rumble like an earthquake,” Codi said.<\/p>\n

Roselyn then managed to ring Triple 0 and the Fire Brigade were quickly on the scene.<\/p>\n

Seven butane gas canisters exploded during the emergency.<\/p>\n

Codi’s proud mum, Bunya Nut Cafe owner Evelyn Green, said the explosions were so loud people heard them in town.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has been a tough time for Evelyn and Roselyn lately. The sisters lost their father Jim Wilson just three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Evelyn now thinks that Jim must have been watching out for family from above …<\/p>\n

If Codi hadn’t spotted the smoke, and if the canisters had exploded at a different time, there could well have been a tragedy.<\/p>\n

As it is, the fire scorched an external wall of the building, damaged some windows and charred a roof beam.<\/p>\n

[UPDATED: An earlier version of this report included the fact a QFES spokesman told southburnett.com.au on Sunday evening it was believed<\/em> the fire had started in an air-conditioning unit. The family has since contacted us to say this is definitely not the case, and the cause is unknown]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Codi was playing in the backyard of his gran’s house when he spotted the smoke rising from the nearby building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A butane gas canister smashed through this centre window of Roselyn’s front verandah … the broken glass has been cleared away<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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