One of the Whitsunday’s premiere dining venues has been extensively damaged by fire, which ripped through the two-storey building early on Monday morning.
The kitchen at the newly opened Fish D’Vine on the corner of Shute Harbour Road and the Esplanade in Airlie Beach was engulfed in fames when firies arrived at the scene just after 1am.
Business owner Kevin Collins said he was first on the scene after the security company had called to notify the alarm had been activated.
“I thought maybe someone was trying to break in but when I got here the kitchen was well and truly on fire,” Mr Collins said.
“I had the fire hose in one hand and my mobile in the other calling Triple-0. I was scared.
“The police got here then the firies…but there’s basically nothing left of the kitchen and the entire place is smoke damaged,” Mr Collins said.
Police and forensic investigators were at the scene on Monday to determine the cause of the two fires, the second one sparking later that morning, the firies said, in a dryer under the building’s stairwell.
While Fish D’Vine has been a popular venue in the Whitsundays for some seven years, recently moving from the Esplanade into their prominent corner position some 18 months ago, Mr Collins said it would only be a matter of time before they were up and running once again.
“Well we managed to save the rum!” he said, “So when we re-open, bigger and better, we’ll celebrate with smoked mackerel and rum,” he joked.
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