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Three people, including two children, critically injured in suspicious Chadstone house fire

May 22, 2025 11:49 am

[ Source: ABC ]

Police are investigating a suspicious house fire in Melbourne’s east that has left three people critically injured, including two children.

Emergency services were called to the property in Terrigal Street, Chadstone about 9:40pm.

Ambulance Victoria said paramedics treated a woman, believed to in her 30s, and two primary school aged girls for critical injuries.

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Police have deemed the fire suspicious and a crime scene has been established.

Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) said the fire took hold in the top level of the two-storey house and caused a partial structural collapse.

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