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Eyewitness’s fire horror

Smoke begins to pour from the duplex on Opal Street which was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on Thursday, 6 November. (Supplied)

An Emerald man who alerted authorities to the unfolding tragedy where four people lost their lives in a duplex fire […]

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