'Fallen heroes' of fire tragedy remembered 80 years on

Wreaths have been laid to mark 80 years since the deadly Tarrawingee fire.that claimed 10 lives. (HANDOUT/COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY)

Ten firefighters who lost their lives fighting an out-of-control blaze in country Victoria have been remembered 80 years on. 

It was the middle of World War II when the fire broke out at the Bowser railway yard near Wangaratta in the state's northeast on December 22, 1943.