A 61-year-old woman has been arrested by Victoria Police in connection with a suspicious house fire in Melbourne’s North in the early hours of Wednesday 3 January 2024.
Emergency services were called to a home at 45A Ophir Street, Broadmeadows after a blaze broke out about 2am on Wednesday morning.
It took more than 30 firefighters to bring the blaze under control.
Two people managed to escape the blaze, including a 67-year-old man who fled the property without injury.
A 61-year-old woman, believed to be his partner, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. She has been arrested and remains in hospital under police guard.
The Toorak Times tasked our lead photographer and chief crime reporter Lord Murray Schoorman of Peak Hour Images to attend today and cover this story. All images featured here by @peakhourimages
