Funeral of firefighter killed in Australian fires

The funeral service took place Tuesday for a volunteer firefighter who died battling blazes in Australia. Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, was in a truck convoy fighting blazes southwest of Sydney on 19th December when a tree fell and caused the vehicle to roll off the road.  O'Dwyer and another volunteer firefighter, Geoff Keaton, both fathers to 19-month-old children, died at the scene. 

Rural Fire Service volunteers and representatives from other emergency service agencies paid their respects as O'Dwyer's casket was carried in a hearse.  The fires, fueled by drought and the country's hottest and driest year on record, have been raging since September, months earlier than what is typical for Australia's annual wildfire season.