Qantas engineers strike during Monday peak; The Lussh owner reveals venue had no fire insurance [Video]

The owner of Woolloongabba wedding venue The Lussh has spoken publicly for the first time since last Wednesday’s massive blaze, which tore through the top floor of her 100-year-old events space.

Maree Henry, who also owns Queensland fashion label DISSH, told ABC Radio Brisbane she was now “trying to salvage” as much as possible of the water and fire-damaged building.

“We were insured for floods and a lot of other things, but not for fire,” she said.

Henry said she was near the venue celebrating her business’s success with her staff when the fire broke out in the abandoned building next door.

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“It was a bit ironic really, because we were celebrating our fourth anniversary at The Lussh,” she said, adding her team felt at the time there was “so much to celebrate”, with an influx of event inquiries.

“It’ll be etched in my memory forever,” she said.

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