Suspicious fires take hold of three unoccupied homes across Melbourne

An investigation is underway into 3 abstracted suspicious fires astatine unoccupied homes crossed Melbourne.

Emergency services were called to Craigieburn, Glen Waverley and Noble Park arsenic homes went up successful flames earlier 5am today.

In Craigieburn, nan location burnt to nan crushed pinch neighbours describing it arsenic "intense" and "terrifying".

Fire Rescue Victoria's Paul Buck said authorities person suspicions that thing sinister must person sparked nan blaze.

"The location was unoccupied, and location doesn't look to beryllium overmuch furnishings successful there," he said.

"So for a occurrence to beryllium burning arsenic difficult arsenic it was astatine this constituent suggests location whitethorn person been immoderate different relationship pinch nan building"

Neighbours told 9News nan location was known to beryllium utilized by squatters. 

Around nan aforesaid time, a car was seen driving distant from a location successful Glen Waverley aft it went ablaze.

"Neighbouring properties were nether threat, truthful firefighters had to activity highly difficult to protect those properties," Buck said.

Earlier successful nan evening, different occurrence took clasp of a location successful Noble Park.

CCTV captured a man stepping into nan yard, entering nan location done a model and moving retired nan beforehand doorway pinch a canine minutes later.

Then, nan location appeared to beryllium connected fire.

All 3 homes, which were unoccupied astatine nan clip of nan fires, were gutted.

At this stage, constabulary do not judge nan fires are linked but investigators are moving done what's left of nan homes to find nan cause.

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