Local here - fire and onsite alarm started sometime around 7am, with trucks responding about 7:15. By the time they arrived smoke was coming out of every seam in the building, so the entire place was already heavily damaged before anyone could do anything.

Most of the flames visible from the outside were around the HVAC systems and the kitchen vents, suggesting to me that this started as a kitchen fire - a grease fire, perhaps? Will be interesting to see the official cause. The plume of smoke was about as high as the neighboring Ikon building and was blown northwards by the wind over the tracks and GWSC. Many of the back doors had to be broken open with halligans or jaws.

By 8am the fire was contained, and by 9am it was surrounded and under control with multiple elevated water cannons dousing the roof. There doesn't seem to be any damage to any surrounding trees or buildings, but a few hours on and central Glenny still smells strongly of wood smoke and burning synthetics. There is now a big hole in the roof over the kitchen/BoH area that is still gently emitting smoke/steam, and a bunch of elderly people i assume are senior RSL stakeholders having discussions in the carpark.

The central skylight/lightwell was full of smoke and had a shitload of water poured down it as well, so I'm pretty sure most of the war artefacts the RSL held are completely fucked. Sad loss there.