Blair Athol home and car destroyed in fire

A seven-year-old girl suffered burns to her leg while escaping a fire that destroyed a home and a car in Blair Athol last night.

The girl was taken to Campbelltown Hospital for treatment.

Emergency services were called to St Simon Close, about 6.30pm following reports of a car well alight in the carport of a home.

Just after midnight, emergency services returned, following reports the roof of the home had re-ignited.

Fire-fighters extinguished the blaze but the home was totally destroyed.

The house was unoccupied at the time and there have been no other reports of injuries.

Officers from Campbelltown City Police Area Command attended and established a crime scene. Once deemed safe it will be forensically examined.

Although the cause of the fire is yet to be determined it is being treated as suspicious.

Investigations are continuing and anyone with information is urged to come forward.

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Police have charged a teenager with multiple offences after he was detected speeding in a stolen vehicle at Gregory Hills.

Shortly after 11.30pm on Saturday, officers attached to Campbelltown City Traffic & Highway Patrol detected a VW Golf GTI exceeding the speed limit on Gregory Hills Drive.

The vehicle was stopped and the 16-year-old male driver was spoken to.

There were four other young people seated in the vehicle at the time it was stopped.

Police determined the driver was an unlicensed driver and the vehicle had been stolen.

The officers also located stolen property, scissors and a knife in the vehicle.

The teenage driver was arrested and conveyed to Narellan Police Station.

He was later charged with a number of offences, and was refused bail to appear at a Children’s Court.

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A 46 year old man has died in hospital following a shooting at Warwick Farm yesterday.

Police were told two unknown men, one armed with a firearm, knocked on the front door, entered the unit and shot the man in the back.

The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to Liverpool Hospital by ambulance under a police escort, where he later died.

Police believe the incident was targeted.