Body found, one person missing after Lake Macquarie unit fire

A person has died and another remains unaccounted for after a unit fire in Lake Macquarie yesterday.

Fire crews were called to a unit fire on Railway Street in Teralba at 4.10am yesterday.

They managed to extinguish the blaze, however, the apartment was badly damaged.

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Two people were unaccounted for at the time.

Today, crews discovered the body of a person after a search of the property overnight.

They have not been identified yet.

A secondary search will go ahead once the building is deemed structurally safe.

The cause of the fire has not been found yet.