Tuesday 20 April 2021

Police Investigate Suspicious House Fire At Windale

 BY IAN CROUCH

Police are treating a fire which severely damaged a home at Windale early Tuesday morning as suspicious.

20 Firefighters in 5 trucks from Charlestown, Belmont and Tingira Heights were called to the single level fibro and iron home in Bourke Street at 1.40am, arriving to find to house well alight.

Police say all the occupants were accounted for and no-one was injured.

It took crews almost two hours to extinguish and mop up the fire, which caused 50 per cent damage to the home.

Police have set up a crime scene as investigations into the cause of the fire continue.