BY DAKOTA TAIT
Fire and Rescue crews say a blaze which destroyed a home in Merewether on Sunday was caused by a candle left unattended on the verandah.
The candle was blown over by the wind and set fire to a couch, quickly spreading to the kitchen and the lounge room of the Caldwell St home just after 8:33am.
Three people escaped to the backyard after smoke alarms sounded.
Seven fire trucks took less than an hour to contain the blaze, but could not save the single-storey home.
