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Casino rail coal loader burns down, services between Brisbane, Sydney cut by fire
video Authorities are trying to establish what caused a fire that destroyed a historic railway structure and blocked rail services between Sydney and Brisbane. The blaze in the 76-year-old coal loader lit up the skies of Casino on Sunday night. It came after fire crews had been called to a grass fire in the vicinity of the Casino Railway yard on Sunday afternoon. They said they had left the blaze under control. "[The fire] was in the [coal loader] when we arrived so I don't know whether it was in the structure [first] and caused the grassfire or vice versa," Fire and Rescue NSW Casino officer Greg Miller said. ... (full story)