It appears that a Wickham street will soon reopen after being closed for two months since an inferno destroyed a four-storey former woolshed building, raged close to millions of litres of stored fuel and sent asbestos 3km into nearby suburbs.
A City of Newcastle spokesperson said contractors had cleaned the roof of the remaining woolshed on the corner of Annie and Milford streets and it had been cleared by a licenced asbestos inspector.
Grass verges on Milford Street, which has been closed since the March 3 fire, will be deep cleaned by removing the top layer of grass and soil and laying new turf. A contractor for the woolshed owner is doing the work.
"We expect these works to be completed within the next week, subject to weather," the spokesperson said.
"Once City of Newcastle receives a clearance certificate, Milford Street will be able to be fully reopened."
The blaze destroyed the four-storey structure, raged within metres of millions of litres of fuel stored on adjacent land and sent debris containing asbestos about 3km north west of the scene.
THE WICKHAM BLAZE:
- 'Battled hard': how firefighters halted warehouse fire's spread to fuel depot
- 200 units and 50 houses evacuated overnight as a precaution
- 'Mega' fire devours a piece of Newcastle's architectural history
- Woolshed fire victims begin to count costs
- Asbestos concern as smoke begins to clear after Wickham fire
- Students moved to different schools over asbestos concerns
- Two hundred still waiting to go home a week after Wickham fire
- Woolshed tenants well-drilled when fire struck
- Residents angry over asbestos clean-up document
- Final certification for Soque Apartments residents to return
- Drop-in session over Wickham woolshed fire contamination
