FIRE TEARS THROUGH DERELICT GOSFORD BUILDING

Fire has ripped through an abandoned building in Gosford this afternoon.

Orange flames burst through the windows of the derelict Beane Street building, as black smoke billowed into the sky.

More than a dozen people were evacuated from neighbouring buildings.

Fire and Rescue Crews were decontaminated for asbestos, after extinguishing the blaze in less than an hour.

Firefighters were called to a fire at the same building last month.

No one was injured.