BY IAN CROUCH
More than a hundred residents have been evacuated after a fire broke out in student accommodation at Calllaghan.
Newcastle Fire Command says crews from Mayfield West and Lambton were called to a student accommodation block on Stannett Street just after 2.00am today (Monday 17 November 2025) to find the 5th floor of the complex filled with smoke.
150 residents were evacuated as crews began searching for the source of the fire - they found a fire in a rubbish bin in a bathroom of the one of the units.
The fire was quickly extinguished but it took crews more than an hour to fully ventilate the building before residents could return to their units.
