A family of four has spent the night in council-organised accommodation, after a fire at their Jeparit home on Thursday.
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Dimboola Sergeant Steve Gray said four Country Fire Authority units were called to Lower Roy Street at 3pm.
"We ended up having crime scene guard there overnight because we couldn't determine whether it was suspicious before it got dark," he said.
"There was one person at home at the time, in the back shed, and the house became fully engulfed. The man suffered smoke inhalation, but I don't believe he was taken to hospital.
"The police member up there arranged accommodation for the family of four that lived there through Uniting Wimmera."
Sergeant Gray said a member from Victoria Police's Melbourne-based Arson and Explosives Squad was set to investigate the fire on Friday morning.
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Alexander Darling
Alexander has been a member of the Wimmera Mail-Times' editorial team since December 2018, covering politics, business and property among other rounds. He is a passionate St.Kilda and rock and roll fan, and has previously worked as a radio reporter in Port Macquarie and Gosford, NSW.
Alexander has been a member of the Wimmera Mail-Times' editorial team since December 2018, covering politics, business and property among other rounds. He is a passionate St.Kilda and rock and roll fan, and has previously worked as a radio reporter in Port Macquarie and Gosford, NSW.
