More than 40 firefighters from NSW and the ACT battled the fire at the Commercial Hotel in Yass

· Updated May 22 2023 - 6:10pm, first published 6:00am

A police investigation has begun into the cause of a fire which destroyed a derelict historic hotel on the main street of Yass.

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