Tamworth housefire: Firefighters extinguish blaze but house destroyed on Duri-Dungowan Road, off New England Highway

Fire and Rescue NSW and the Rural Fire Service (RFS) arrived at the scene on Duri-Dungowan Road, off the New England Highway, just after 11:30am.

A spokesperson for Fire and Rescue NSW confirmed the fire had been put out by about 2pm.

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The single-storey house was destroyed in the blaze, but the flames were contained to the home and did not spread to a nearby shed.

Ambulance and police were also at the scene, though no one was reportedly injured.

Firefighters struggled with a lack of constant water supply during their efforts to douse the blaze, but tankers managed to source the water from a nearby dam and knock down the flames.

The cause of the fire and where it may have broken out inside the isolated home remain under investigation on.

It is understood RFS crews - who led the response - and police remained at the scene on Monday afternoon.

A HOME on the outskirts of Tamworth has been destroyed after a fierce fire ripped through on Monday, and emergency services are battling "difficult" conditions to knock the flames down.

Six crews from local Rural Fire Service (RFS) units, three Fire and Rescue NSW trucks, police and ambulance paramedics remained at the scene on Duri-Dungowan Road on Monday afternoon.

Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Tom Cooper told the Leader the house was "fully involved" with flames when firefighters rushed to the scene just after 11:30am.

He said he understood there were people home at the property, which is about 1km off the New England Highway, when the blaze broke out, but no one had been reported injured.

Firefighters were battling with tough conditions to get the fire extinguished, with no reticulated water supply at the house and no hydrant to tap into.

"The main thing is maintaining the water supply, both the RFS and Fire and Rescue are drafting water out of dams to fill tthe trucks and relay the water up to firies at the house," Superintendent Cooper said.

"It's a difficult operation but the fire has been contained."

Superintendent Cooper said there was no way to know yet how the fire started or where inside the home it broke out.

He said the house - which is "isolated" off the New England Highway - was a weatherboard home on stilts, and crews were working into the afternoon to extinguish hotspots underneath the structure.

"A lot of stuff underneath the house is still on fire and we are trying to save what we can, but there's really not too much we can do," Superintendent Cooper said.

"It's been totally destroyed and the fire is still going."

Superintendent Cooper said firefighters from both services were "working well together" to protect nearby sheds and the surrounding area.

He expected the firefighting effort to continue into the afternoon, with more than 30 firies still at the scene at 1pm.

The ambulance had not taken anyone to hospital, but remains on standby at the property as crews work to extinguish the flames.

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