Fire has torn through the historic Katoomba RSL club in the NSW Blue Mountains with fears irreplaceable war memorabilia has been lost.
By 3.30pm the blaze had destroyed at least half of the club and the roof had collapsed.
Fire crews were still battling the flames well into Friday evening.
‘We’ll be here for several hours before the fire is extinguished,’ an RFS spokesman told AAP.
One fire officer told the Blue Mountains Gazette ‘the RSL is completely gone’ and they ‘were still in attack mode – we haven’t extinguished it’.
Fire and Rescue’s Ian Krimmer told Ten News they were fighting to salvage anything they could from inside the building.
‘Medals, trophies…
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