A firefighter has been injured while fighting the massive 695 bushfire at Putty.
The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the fire ground just after 4pm yesterday to reports the National Parks & Wildlife firefighter had been knocked unconscious after a tree branch fell on him.
A doctor and paramedic team were winched down to the man where they treated him before he was winched out and flown to the John Hunter Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition.
