BY IAN CROUCH
Quick work by firefighters has prevented a doctors surgery at Cessnock from going up in flames.
Four crews from Cessnock and Bellbird were call to the surgery on the corner of Wollombi Road and Darwin Street just after 1.00am on Friday to find two palm trees on fire.
Newcastle Fire Command says the fire spread to the roof of the adjacent GP surgery, causing only minor damage before the flames were extinguished.
It's taken crews just over an hour to fully extinguish the flames before the incident was handed to police.
