Police will investigate the cause of a fire at Wallsend this morning.

About 6.30am (Wednesday 13 January 2016), emergency services were called to a granny flat at a home on Thomas Street, following reports the flat was on fire.

Fire & Rescue NSW personnel attended and extinguished the fire a short time later; however the granny flat was completely destroyed.
No one was at the premises at the time of the incident.

Officers attached to Newcastle City Local Area Command attended and established a crime scene, which will be forensically examined.

The cause of the fire is not known, and police are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with information, to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers.