Goldfingers

The heritage-listed building at the city's "intersection of sleaze" has been devastated by fire. Arson is suspected.

Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria also attended from the early hours, amid reports that squatters may have been trapped inside. Traffic is expected to be disrupted in the area for most of the day. More than 50 firefighters battled the blaze.

A popular Melbourne strip club, forced to close down during the Covid pandemic, has been gutted by fire after an out-of-control blaze ripped through the ...

It took 50 firefighters 90 minutes to get the inner-city blaze (pictured) under control, with police setting up a crime scene Fire crews (pictured in Lonsdale street) are expected to gain access inside the club after fighting the fire externally for much of the morning It took 50 firefighters 90 minutes to get the blaze under control, with the police setting up a crime scene.

Chaos has unfolded at a busy Melbourne intersection after a suspicious blaze took hold of strip club Goldfingers on Tuesday morning.

The northbound lanes of King Street have been re-opened between Bourke Street and La Trobe Street, however the southbound lanes of King Street, as well as Lonsdale Street between William and Spencer streets, remain closed as investigations continue. Due to the investigation, police warn there will be “major delays as the intersection will be closed to traffic and pedestrians for some time”. A crime scene has been set up at the intersection as fire investigators work to determine the cause of the blaze.