BY IAN CROUCH
Fire has destroyed a home at Metford overnight.
Fire crews from six stations were called to the single level brick and tile home on Chelmsford Drive just before 11.00pm on Wednesday to find a fire in the attached garage had quickly spread to the rest of the house.
Newcastle Fire Command says they received 5 triple zero calls and all residents of the home were accounted for.
The intensity of the blaze forced firefighters to battle the flames in defensive mode from outside the property.
It took them two hours to extinguish the fire, with a crew from East Maitland called back to the home just before 5.00am on Thursday to put out a small re-ignition.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
