FROM the outside, it would appear the damage to the Conargo Pub has already been done.
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But Rural Fire Service volunteers remained at the scene today to keep watch over the site.
RFS volunteers entered the building every half hour today to douse certain areas with foam that still had smouldering embers.
Chairman of the Conargo Fire Brigade, Colin Bull, was in the first truck on the scene.
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The RFS received a Triple-0 call and Mr Bull was close enough to check it out at the time.
“The hotel was ablaze and then it just took off,” he said.
“We got the hoses out as fast as we could but probably the worst thing was the toxic smoke, it was horrendous.”
A total of four tankers attacked the fire from all angles and extinguished the blaze in two to three hours.
The police have established a crime scene and the investigation is ongoing.
The hotel’s kitchen is closed Monday and Tuesday nights.
