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Duncan Murray and Maeve Bannister

Tributes for man who died trying to save farm from fire

A bushfire that killed a man on a northern NSW property is still burning out of control. (HANDOUT/WOOLGOOLA FIRE AND RESCUE)

A man who was "always there if you needed a hand" has died while trying to save his family's farm from an approaching bushfire, his loved ones have confirmed.

The body of 56-year-old Richard Mainey was found by police on a rural property at Temagog, 30km west of Kempsey in northern NSW, after fire tore through the area.

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