<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after a 77-year-old woman was found dead following a suspicious house fire on the NSW Central Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flames engulfed a single-level unit on Melissa Close in Bateau Bay, north of Terrigal, about 9.30pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police arrived to find a body, believed to be the female resident, in the lounge room.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-inner-west-council-newtown-erksineville-alleged-racist-graffiti-wattle-and-bee/590da5c5-ee72-4e77-97b4-97394174a84a" rel="" target="_blank" title="'Simple and prominent message': Community responds to alleged hate crimes with signpost "><strong><span>'Simple and prominent message': Community responds to alleged hate crimes with signpost</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say the woman had suffered severe burns, but her exact cause of death still has to be determined by a post-mortem examination. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A crime scene has been established, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Homicide Squad detectives are investigating what police have deemed a suspicious death. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-bateau-bay-unit-fire-man-arrested-on-unrelated-offences-after-woman-killed/567ddb5c-4f4e-4ac5-ba04-cc0d1260d7b1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, a 26-year-old man, believed to be known to the woman, has been arrested for an unrelated and outstanding warrant for domestic violence and robbery offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He remains in custody at Wyong Police Station.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are appealing to anyone with information about yesterday's fire to contact Crime Stoppers. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>