Police Investigate Arason Attack On Waratah Unit

BY IAN CROUCH

A fire which guttered a unit at Waratah is being treated as suspicious.

Fire crews responded to several triple-oh calls to the two storey unit complex in Turton Road just 3.30pm on Monday to find both levels engulfed in flames.

Firefighters managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to neighbouring properties, while children from a nearby pre-school were evacuated as a precaution.

Police have set up a crime scene after they found traces of accelerant - saying the fire appears to have been deliberately lit.

Fire Engulfs Waratah Unit Picture: triplem.com.au

Unit fire at Waratah overnight

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

A fire has caused extensive damage to a unit at Waratah overnight after a man accidentally knocked over a candle.

Firefighters were called to Turton Road just after 8pm to find the apartment well alight.

It took about an hour to extinguish and mop up the blaze which crews managed to contain to one room of the unit - causing damage to about of 30 per cent of the unit.

The male occupant wasn't injured.

Turton Road was closed to traffic for more than an hour and residents in the unit block were evacuated as firefighters tackled the blaze.