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At 01h27PM on Saturday afternoon, 5 November 2022, SACFS crews were alerted to a warehouse fire at a winery in Chandlers Hill near Clarendon, South Australia.

The SACFS responded with 35 firefighters in nine fire appliances to fight a fire in a 3,000-square-meter warehouse on the winery. The fire caused in excess of $2 million in damage to the warehouse and its contents.

The cause of the fire is unknown and fire-cause investigators have been requested to attend the scene. The SACFS was supported by SAPOL and SAAS during the incident.

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