Police probe west Sydney house fire POLICE are investigating a suspicious fire that gutted a house in western Sydney. The fire broke out at the home on Hawkesbury Street in Fairfield just before midnight, police said in a statement on Wednesday. Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze, but significant internal damage was done to the inside of the premises. No one was injured, and police have established a crime scene. Police don't yet know what sparked the blaze.