BY IAN CROUCH
Firefighters have been kept busy overnight attending two deliberately lit house fires at Tenambit and Raymond Terrace.
Crews were called to a single level home in O'Hearn Street, Tenambit just after 9.30pm on Monday, having to force their way in to get to a fire which had been set inside the house.
They took about 45 minutes to douse flames.
Newcastle Fire Command says they were called back to the home just after midnight, where it's alleged someone had again set fire to the home.
They took more than 2 hours to extinguish the fire, which severely damaged the house.
Fire crews say it appears the occupants were not home and there were dogs in the back yard.
Meanwhile, fire has damaged a wall of a derelict house in Glenelg Street at Raymond Terrace.
Police say a garbage bin was placed against the outside wall and set alight jusy before 1.30am on Tuesday.
Fire crews from Raymond Terrace and Mayfield West took about 90 minutes to extinguish and mop up the fire.
