Police treating house fire as suspicious in Muswellbrook

Police are appealing for public assistance after a suspicious house fire at Muswellbrook.

About 8.10pm yesterday (Monday 5 August 2019), emergency services were called to a vacant house alight on Sowerby Street.

The house was extinguished by firefighters and a crime scene established.

Subsequent investigations have revealed the fire to be suspicious.

Officers from Hunter Valley Police District are conducting inquiries into the incident and are appealing for anyone with information, or anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence.

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