<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An investigation is underway into three separate suspicious </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/fires" rel="" target="" title="fires"><span>fires</span></a><span> at unoccupied homes across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency services were called to Craigieburn, Glen Waverley and Noble Park as homes went up in flames before 5am today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In Craigieburn, the home burnt to the ground with neighbours describing it as "intense" and "terrifying".</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/barnaby-joyce-to-leave-the-nationals-amid-speculation-of-defection-to-one-nation/cef8e827-1f60-4024-8335-3326e0a0aa8b" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'I'll open the doors for you': Pauline Hanson invites Barnaby Joyce to join One Nation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire Rescue Victoria's Paul Buck said authorities have suspicions that something sinister must have sparked the blaze.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The house was unoccupied, and there doesn't appear to be much furniture in there," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So for a fire to be burning as hard as it was at this point suggests there may have been some other interaction with the building"</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-craigieburn-glen-waverley-and-noble-park-fires/16998b73-e8b9-4555-9dc9-80eaa29bfc9e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbours told 9News the home was known to be used by squatters. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around the same time, a car was seen driving away from a home in Glen Waverley after it went ablaze.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Neighbouring properties were under threat, so firefighters had to work extremely hard to protect those properties," Buck said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-joins-bluesky-and-immediately-trolls-trump-opponents/504f31c6-b437-41f3-a991-06d037cfcd4c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'What's up, Bluesky?': White House joins Elon Musk's rival social media platform</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier in the evening, another fire took hold of a home in Noble Park.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV captured a man walking into the yard, entering the house through a window and running out the front door with a dog minutes later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Then, the home appeared to be on fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All three homes, which were unoccupied at the time of the fires, were gutted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At this stage, police do not believe the fires are linked but investigators are working through what's left of the homes to determine the cause.</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" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><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. 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