A fire that engulfed a motor home parked at Croudace Bay on Tuesday night has been extinguished and firefighters have handed the scene over to police, a spokesperson for NSW Fire and Rescue has said.
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Belmont firefighters were called to the scene just before 9pm where they found the vehicle, parked at Croudace Bay Park, fully alight and employed a pair of pumps and two tankers to attacked the blaze.
The fire was extinguished around 30 minutes later.
Firefighters looked inside the vehicle and declared it all clear, a spokesperson for the brigade said, and the scene was handed over to police who were expected to look into the circumstances of the incident.
There were no reports anyone was inside the vehicle at the time of the fire, the spokesperson said.
Emergency services remained on the scene into the evening.
Simon McCarthy
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.
