Detectives have released CCTV footage following a suspicious house fire at Islington earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 11.20am on Monday 25 March 2024, emergency services were called to a home on Norfolk Avenue, Islington, following reports of a fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze; however, parts of the home sustained significant damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers from Newcastle City Police District attended and commenced inquiries into the circumstance surrounding the blaze under Strike Force Rhodochrosite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As those inquiries continue, detectives have released CCTV footage of two men who may be able to assist with their inquiries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first man is described as being about 170-180cm tall, of solid build and with dark hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is pictured wearing an orange hi-vis shirt, dark shorts, tan work boots and sunglasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second man is described as being about 180-185cm tall, of muscular build and with black hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is pictured wearing a yellow hi-vis shirt, dark shorts, dark shoes and sunglasses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Detectives have released CCTV footage following a suspicious house fire at Islington earlier this year. About 11.20am on Monday 25 March 2024, emergency services were called to a home on Norfolk Avenue, Islington, following reports of a fire. Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the blaze; however, parts of the home sustained significant damage. … Continue reading “Appeal for information following suspicious house fire – Newcastle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27190,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27189\/revisions\/27190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}