Saw two fire engines in attendance when I went past the Hibernian on Sunday evening.
Apparently it started with a fire in the kitchen of the restaurant. The upstairs rooms have had to be vacated.
The Hibernian was built in 1868. Originally a rough structure on the corner of two newly built streets - Ross and the extension of Graham - it suffered a serious fire in 1871. The Hibernian and the Clare Castle are the last Port Melbourne hotels found west of the railway.
[source Chartered Scoundrels: A brief history of Port Melbourne hotels by Pat Grainger]
available from the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society
