BY IAN CROUCH
Fire has destroyed a home at Thornton overnight.
Newcastle Fire Command says they received 7 triple-zero calls to a single level home on fire in Woolley Close just before midnight on Thursday, with crews arriving to find flames through the roof.
Seven fire trucks and a duty commander attended the blaze which took almost three hours to fully extinguish.
The roof of the home collapsed at the height of the blaze.
Police say no-one was home at the time and a crime scene has been set up as investigators look into the cause of the fire.
