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House Destroyed by Fire in Spanish Lookout

  

  A house was gutted by fire yesterday May 6th between morning and midday, at Woodland, Route 40 West, Spanish Lookout. Although the posts and floor are still standing, the walls and roof are partially collapsed. The building housed the facilities of Shining Star Clinic, an innovative healthcare unit focused on organic and natural healing which lived up to its name during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Spanish Lookout's two fire trucks as well as other tanker trucks were on the scene. Fortunately staff and patients were safely evacuated.





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