🌱 Chinchilla firefighters help contain Archbald blaze that displaced two residents
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- Chinchilla firefighters help contain Archbald blaze that displaced two residents
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• Two displaced after fire at former Tomaino's Lounge (thetimes-tribune.com) — Fire crews from Chinchilla and other nearby communities helped knock down a Monday morning blaze at the former Tomaino’s Lounge building in Archbald, where two upstairs residents escaped safely but were displaced. The fire was controlled in about 30 minutes, and a fire marshal is investigating the cause, highlighting the mutual aid ties that include Chinchilla’s responders. 
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