Police believe home invasion in Conimbla Crescent, Oxley Vale, was random and linked to suspicious car fire in Johnson Street | UPDATE

Police don't believe the man inside the Conimbla Crescent home was targeted.

Police have told the Leader two men stormed the home just after 4am and threatened the 58-year-old man inside.

He wasn't injured in the incident but had goods stolen.

The charred wreckage of the getaway car has been towed from the scene in Johnson Street.

Police are continuing to investigate the home invasion and the car, and are appealing for anyone with information on the incident to come forward.

Investigators also want to hear from anyone who might have seen two males running from the car in the Johnson Street area, down near the bottom end of the street near the nursing home, to come forward.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Tamworth police on 6768 2999.

OFFENDERS have torched a getaway car used to rob a man inside his Tamworth home.

The 58-year-old man was targeted in his Conimbla Crescent home in the early hours of Sunday.

Police have told the Leader two men stormed the home just after 4am and threatened the resident inside.

They stole goods and then took off out of the house.

Police have been told they fled the home in a white Hyundai i30.

Officers rushed to the scene after a triple zero call to find the victim who was injured in the home invasion.

Investigators immediately set up a crime scene at the house. Extra police were deployed to search for the getaway car and tried to stop it on Jewry St about 4.30am.

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The car failed to stop and police initiated a pursuit but called it off shortly after because of safety concerns.

Only minutes later, police were called to reports of a car on fire in Johnson Street.

Officers arrived to find the Hyundai up in flames, just before 5am.

Police searched the area but failed to find any trace of the offenders.

On Sunday, officers were seen coming and going from the Conimbla Cr home as they collected and bagged evidence from inside the house.

Police are continuing to investigate the home invasion and anyone with information on the offenders, or who saw the getaway car, is urged to contact Tamworth police on 6768 2999.

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