![The scene of the blaze in Roma. Picture: Teagan Macdivitt The scene of the blaze in Roma. Picture: Teagan Macdivitt](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/xv9ANvsWbcwFXF8qYqgkD5/9010091a-7f85-4995-b9e7-4d329d029226.jpg/r0_0_960_540_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
UPDATE: Queensland's oldest winery is now a crime scene after a blaze destroyed the vacant building overnight.
Subscribe now for unlimited access to all our agricultural news
across the nation
or signup to continue reading
Reports of a blaze in a large shed at Bassett's Romavilla Winery were lodged to fire services at 6.38pm on Thursday night.
Multiple fire trucks were on scene to fight the blaze, a Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said on Thursday night.
It comes just a few months after news that the unused facility was being scouted by Maranoa Regional Council as a potential tourist attraction.
Queensland Country Life reported in March that council may purchase the 1877-78 Romavilla Winery, but it needed to be assured that the public would manage its ongoing operation after that.
The heritage-listed winery closed down following the floods of 2012 and was sold in 2013 to the Fortitude Valley-based Katarzyna Group, which has hospitality venues including Cloudland and The Island Gold Coast.
The organisation announced that it would build a new bar and function room as well as accommodation units, but that hasn't eventuated.
Police will remain at the scene until fire investigators can arrive.
Anyone with CCTV footage, or who may have seen anyone near the building in the hours before the fire, is urged to contact police.
Investigations are continuing.