BY IAN CROUCH
Quick work by a passer-by has prevented a fire spreading at a Lambton Hotel.
Firefighters were called to the Northumberland Hotel in Elder Street just before 5.00am on Friday, arriving to find the pub heavily smoke-logged.
Newcastle Fire Command says a passer-by managed to extinguish a small fire before crews arrived.
The fire caused minor damage to some carpet and an interior wall.
Crews have used extraction fans to ventilate the building.
Meanwhile, crews were also called to the park across the street a short time later where they used buckets of water to put out a small rubbish fire.
