BY IAN CROUCH
Fire has caused extensive damage to a unit at Hamilton South early this morning.
Newcastle Fire Command says they were initially called to reports of a bin fire in the three level Department of Housing complex in Fowler Street just before 3.00am.
A crew from Merewether arrived to find a ground floor unit on fire.
All residents of the complex were safely evacuated without injury.
Six fire trucks responded to the incident with crews taking about 10 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
The cause of the fire is not known but police are not treating it as suspicious.
