A fire broke out yesterday morning

Victoria Hotel from Beaconsfield Parade

at the Victoria Hotel in Albert Park.

I happened to be nearby and saw the smoke billowing from the building. I had grave fears that the whole heritage registered building might go up because there were a dozen fire crews and for ages they couldn’t work out where it was coming from. It appeared to be electrical and coming from the basement of the bottom floor restaurant’s kitchens.

Luckily they were able to put it out and save perhaps Melbourne’s grandest seaside building.

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