Investigations are continuing into the cause of several fires in Melbourne's suburbs, at homes and a shop. Several of the fires have been deemed suspicious, with police working to identify those responsible.
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00:00The burnt out remains of a ute protrudes from a shop front in Melbourne's north.
00:06The milk bar in Meadow Heights declared a crime scene.
00:10The car was set alight after being rammed into the building.
00:13I just heard a big bang, like something exploded.
00:16I thought someone hit one of our cars.
00:20So that's why initially I ran out and then when I looked towards the shop I saw smoke.
00:25Police say two men were seen dousing the vehicle with liquid before fleeing.
00:29Detectives from Task Force Luna, the team established to target the illicit tobacco
00:34trade in Melbourne, are investigating.
00:36A man and woman living on site were uninjured.
00:40Police are also investigating an unrelated fire at a restaurant on the Hume Highway in
00:45nearby Campbell Field.
00:47The building went up in flames around 4.30am.
00:51In Reservoir, at least two homes will be demolished after a fire at one house quickly spread to
00:56two neighbouring buildings.
00:58I was just driving past on my way to work and I just saw smoke coming over the back
01:02of the house.
01:03So I pulled into the side street and jumped out and there's no one outside of the house
01:08yet so I, you know, went and banged on the door and finally three blokes came out.
01:13Neighbours rushed to help where they could.
01:14I looked at the door and the flame everywhere, you know, the roof just starting to catch
01:20on and then I grabbed my hose.
01:23Crews were quickly on site, bringing the fire under control in around an hour.
01:28Several shocked residents escaped unharmed.
01:31Two firefighters were treated for minor electric shocks.
01:34People in house number three were at home, asleep.
01:38Crews bashing on the door found them and evacuated them safely while actively fighting the fire.
01:44An aggressive fire attack externally was able to prevent any further damage to house number
01:48three.
01:49The cause of that fire is unknown.
01:52And in Windsor, in the city's inner east, a three-storey duplex fire this afternoon
01:56is being treated as suspicious.
01:58No one was injured.
02:00Police say none of today's fires are believed to be related.