A man remains in hospital following a house fire in Cessnock this morning.
About 7.30am today (Sunday 10 July 2016), emergency services were called to Kanowna Avenue, Cessnock, where they found a house well-alight.

NSW Fire & Rescue officers attended and extinguished the fire; however, the home was completely destroyed.

A 34-year-old man was in the home at the time of the incident.

NSW Ambulance Paramedics attended and treated him before he was taken to Cessnock Hospital, prior to being flown to the Royal North Shore Hospital.

The man was placed in intensive care, and remains in a serious, but stable, condition.
Officers from Central Hunter Local Area Command established a crime scene and commenced investigating the incident.

The fire is believed to have started with a heater and is not being treated as suspicious.