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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March Page Loss estimated at 1 million in fire Through billows of smoke and roaring flames firefighters battl with a blaze Wednesday that almost levelled a north Georgetown business complex causing million damage Fire officials from three nearby departments including Hills and Milton were called to the 30 p m fire at 10th Line and Sideroad 17 the site of Custom Country Products Li owned by David well Five employees inside the building when the blaze broke out managed to escape unharmed ac cording to Regional Police but the Hills Fire Depart reports one firefighter received minor burns to his feet The fire began in Country Video on west side of the building and quickly spread across the wood structure to Atlantis and Liquidators Fire officials on the scene said strong winds Wednesday afternoon and a lack of municipal water supply to the area allowed the blaze to spread Fire trucks transported water to the scene in tankers The Halton Hills Fire Depart ment used a system called Fire Mutual Aid as 22 firefighters from Caledon Milton and Halton Hills stayed on the scene for six hours Donning oxygen tanks the firefighters used axes and water hoses to subdue the blaze before it spread to a furniture warehouse at the east end of the business com The cause of the fire is unknown but the Halton Regional Police and the Ontario Fire Marshall Office are continuing to investigate Herald photos and story by Donna Kell Firefighters hosed down the building at 10th Line and Sideroad 17 Wednesday afternoon The businesses in the complex quickly fell as flames It at the wooden structure The owner of the retail stores David Tarzwell watches with his wife Debbie as CCP Liquidators goes up in flame the building an estimated million A firefighter prepares to spray water on the remnants of a burning building at CCP Liquidators north of Georgetown Water had tobe trucked to the fire scene by tankers Wearing oxygen masks to avoid lag building to prevent the fire smoke inhalation firefighters from spreading to a nearby far- worked from the roof of the turn- store The building that housed CCP Liquidators Atlantis Wednesday after a fire broke out in the video store Sleep Systems and Country Video was quickly raxed