BREAKING! Charmhaven Shop Destroyed In Overnight Fire

 BY IAN CROUCH

A shop at Charmhaven just south of Lake Macquarie has been destroyed by fire after a car crashed through the front of the premises early Thursday morning.

Newcastle Fire Command says they received several triple zero calls to a Tobacconist Shop on the Pacific Highway just before 2.30am, arriving to find the car and the shop up in flames with adjoining shops under threat.

Crews from fives stations and RFS teams extinguished the blaze in just over half an hour, which also caused damage to shops on either side.

It's believed the driver took off after the crash.

Police have set up a crime scene as investigations continue.

 

A tobacconist shop and a car were destroyed in the fire. Photo: Jordan Wilson

BREAKING! Crews Called To Shop Fire At Singleton

BY IAN CROUCH

Fire crews have been called to a shop fire at Singleton.

Police say a wheelie bin was set alight at a hairdressing salon in Burns Lane just before 4.30am on Thursday.

The salon has sustained fire and smoke damage with firefighters taking about an hour to extinguish the flames and ventilate the shop as well as cool the external walls of the building.

A crime scene has been established as investigations into the fire continue.