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A small Saskatchewan village has lost several important landmarks following a fire earlier this week.

The former hotel, post office and town office in Wiseton, Sask. went up in flames on Tuesday, according to a Facebook post from a local, who shared photos of the hotel and a nearby building ablaze.

(Source: Dave Westbury / Facebook)

“Feeling pretty bad for my hometown of Wiseton,” Dave Westbury said in the post.

“Even though the hotel has been closed for a while we all had a lot of good memories there. Never easy seeing a part of history being destroyed.”

Westbury said he was grateful there wasn’t stronger wind, as it could have pushed the fire to his parents’ and brother’s house nearby.

(Source: Dave Westbury / Facebook)

“Huge thank you has to go out to all the fire departments involved and to all the farmers who brought water …

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