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An interior fire at the Labrador Inn Wednesday morning forced \u00a0emergency crews to evacuate the hotel and homeless shelter. At 10:35 \u00a0a.m. Happy Valley-Goose Bay firefighters responded to a call at the Inn \u00a0and arrived within four minutes. 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