Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are being praised for their "professionalism" after a fire ripped through a Dubbo motel on Thursday afternoon.
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About 6.30pm on Thursday, emergency services were called to the Homestead Motel on Cobra Street after a fire started in one of the rooms.
Occupants of the motel and nearby businesses were evacuated while fire crews from Dubbo and Delroy FRNSW extinguished the blaze.
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It took crews three hours to control the fire, which according to FRNSW began in one of the motel rooms and spread through the roof, completely destroying five other rooms.
FRNSW Acting Superintendent Stephen Knight praised the work of firefighters whose immediate response ensured the fire didn't spread to other buildings or further along the structure.
"This was great firefighting and the people of NSW should be pleased that their local fire crews have done such a professional job," he said.
"It appears that the fire has started in one room and it spread to the other motel rooms through the common roof space," he said.
"What I will say is that the great work by the Fire and Rescue crews in their firefighting tactics and their professionalism to ensure no one was hurt in this fire, it could have been a lot worse.
"Six rooms were lost from heat, fire and smoke, but again the great work of the crews preventing the from spreading from the common roof space must be commended."
No one was injured from the fire.
Two police officers suffered minor smoke inhalation and were treated on the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Dubbo Hospital. They were released a short time later.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined and investigations by the FRNSW fire investigation unit and NSW Police Force will continue.
Acting Superintendent Knight said this was a timely reminder for people to ensure their smoke alarms are in working order, and if visiting somewhere you have a fire evacuation plan in place.
"Smoke alarms save lives," he said.
"It's also important that when you are in other locations that you know where the exits are, the escape routes are and know where your assembly points are."