A shed fire has claimed the lives of multiple working dogs in the Maitland area on Tuesday morning.
Fire crews were called to a property on Oswald Road at Oswald just before 7.20am after a landowner had found an old diary shed well alight.
Initially, two to three dogs were reported to have died in the blaze - though that number is yet to be confirmed.
The man saved several other dogs from the burning structure.
The fire has been put out and the clean-up was ongoing at the time of publication.
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