10 people have been evacuated after a fire engulfed a two cars and a carport at Edgeworth early Thursday morning.
Newcastle Fire Command says 7 fire trucks and a duty commander were called to a block of flats on Charles Street at 1.30am to find the cars and the carport under the unit block well alight.
They managed to stop the fire spreading to the units.
10 people with disabilities were safely evacuated and no-one was injured.
It's taken crews more than 3 hours to fully extinguish and mop up the blaze.
The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.
