A fire has caused extensive damage to a unit at Waratah overnight after a man accidentally knocked over a candle.
Firefighters were called to Turton Road just after 8pm to find the apartment well alight.
It took about an hour to extinguish and mop up the blaze which crews managed to contain to one room of the unit - causing damage to about of 30 per cent of the unit.
The male occupant wasn't injured.
Turton Road was closed to traffic for more than an hour and residents in the unit block were evacuated as firefighters tackled the blaze.
