50 people have been evacuated from a Newcastle city unit block this morning after a fire broke out in one of the apartments.
Fire crews were called to the 6 storey building on Hunter Street just before 3 o'clock to find two men on the footpath suffering smoke inhalation and smoke coming from a 1st floor unit.
A lounge on the verandah of the unit had caught alight, causing minor fire damage to the unit.
The men were treated at the scene be paramedics and all residents were allowed to return to their units once the fire was extinguished.
