BY IAN CROUCH
Firefighters are battling a house fire at Loxford near Kurri Kurri.
Crews from Abermain, Kurri Kurri, Maitland and Rutherford were called to the abandoned house on Hart Road near the Hunter Expressway just after 3.00am on Thursday to find the building fully involved in fire.
Police and ambulance paramedics are also at the scene .
There are no reports of injuries.