A large part of common areas at a disused old motel have been destroyed after fire ripped through the building at North Batemans Bay last night.
Fire and Rescue NSW received multiple Emergency Triple Zero (000) calls around 9:30 alerting them to the blaze at the Bay Waters Holiday Resort on Old Punt Road.
Fire and Rescue NSW Inspector Phillip Eberle said the initial call came in as a caravan and some outbuildings alight.
“When crews arrived, the building was fully involved from the northern side right down to the southern side,” Inspector Eberle said.
“It took approximately an hour and a half to two hours to bring the fire into control,” he said.
“The buildings are definitely 60 to 70% destroyed and the forensic investigation and the crime scene investigation from the police will will determine what may may not have caused it.
“We had a Fire and Rescue NSW pumper and a tanker from Ulladulla assist the Batemans Bay pumper and tanker. We had a crew from Braidwood’s pumper and tanker assist at the fire with Moruya’s pumper and Moruya also had a rehab van there as well. Each of those stations then had firefighters backfill them from further away again.
From the Rural Fire Service we had Batemans Bay, Surf Beach, Broulee, Nelligan and Long Beach.
“The RFS was a great assistance with their bulk tanker from Broulee. It did a great job in helping us use its water cannon and get deep into the building and get the fire extinguished so that we did have to stay all there last night.”
