BY IAN CROUCH

Investigations continue into a a fire at a Department Of Housing unit block at Waratah.

Firefighters were called to the 2-storey complex in Prince Street just after 3.00pm on Wednesday to find a fire in a switch room.

All the residents were safely evacuated.

Crews managed to stop the fire from spreading, using CO2 extinguishers and a line of hose to douse the flames.

It took them just under an hour to extinguish and mop up the blaze.