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INSANE: Farmer dies after hazard reduction burn on his forbes property goes wrong - The Real Truth

Farmer Viv Coady was trapped with his tractor on the wrong side of a hazard reduction burn on Saturday. (Supplied)

A much-loved grandfather is being remembered as a "good bloke" who died following a "tragic accident" when a hazard-reduction burn in the New South Wales Central West went wrong.

Viv Coady, a 75-year-old farmer from Forbes, was killed on Saturday following a planned burn conducted with the assistance of the local NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigade and family members. 

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