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Old Galveston hotel ravaged by downtown fire
A four story vacant hotel near the Strand district in Galveston burned in a rapid two alarm blaze that drew seventy five firefighters from multiple nearby communities. One firefighter was hospitalized with smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion while another suffered a head injury. The fire spread to a nightclub and a printing company and caused a wall collapse as authorities kept water on the smoldering remnants.
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H.R. O’donohoe
John Sealy Hospital
Gary Vasquez
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la Marque
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