Electrical fault sparked Shortland cottage fire

BY IAN CROUCH and JESSICA ROUSE

Fire has caused severe damage to a small cottage at Shortland this morning.

Firefighters from Wallsend, Lambton and Mayfield West were called to the home on Sandgate Road just before 8:30 to find the bathroom engulfed in flames.

It's taken about an hour to extinguish the fire, with the rest of the house damaged by smoke and water.

One occupant was treated at the scene for minor burns.

It's believed an electrical fault sparked the blaze.

Fire at Teralba Caravan Park

BY JESSICA ROUSE

An investigation is underway into what could have caused a caravan at Teralba Caravan park to go up in flames earlier today.

NSW Fire and Rescue crews from Teralba, Toronto and Cardiff were called to the caravan park at around 8am this morning where they found a caravan engulfed by flames.

It took crews 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze.

No one was injured but the caravan was totally destroyed and an adjacent caravan was also damaged.