BY IAN CROUCH
Fire has caused extensive damage to a unit at Bar Beach overnight.
Eight fire trucks were called to a multi-unit complex on Light Street at 7.20pm on Thursday 9 April 2026 to find a top floor unit on fire.
Newcastle Fire Command says the occupants of the unit were accounted for and all residents of the complex were safely evacuated.
It took crews about an hour to douse the flames.
Police are treating the fire as suspicious.
Forensic officers and fire investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.
