Firefighters are reminding home owners to clean chimneys and combustion heater flues regularly after fire caused extensive damage to a home at Muswellbrook overnight.
Crews were called to a single level weatherboard cottage in Sydney Street just before 6.00pm on Sunday to find a fire in the roof space.
It's taken them about an hour and 20 minutes to fully extinguish the fire which caused extensive damage to the rafters and ceilings of the home.
Newcastle Fire Command says the fire started in the roof from a combustion heater flue which had a build-up of creosote.
No-one was injured in the fire.
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| The Sydney Street home suffered major fire and water damage Pictures: Fire & Rescue Muswellbrook |
