BY IAN CROUCH
Fire crews are keeping a watch on a building gutted by fire at Mayfield.
The huge blaze broke out at the Hunter Valley Whitegoods business in Denison Street at about 3.30pm on Monday 18 May, 2026, with nearby residents evacuated and a 200 metre exclusion zone put in place as flames and toxic black smoke billowed into the sky.
Maitland Road was closed until around 8 o'clock on Monday night while about 60 firefighters worked to fully extinguish the fire.
It's a devastating blow for the owners, after their former warehouse which fronted Maitland Road was destroyed by fire in January 2014.
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| The well-known whitegoods business at Mayfield goes up in flames. Picture Newcastle Weekly |
