Man, 30, arrested after man dies in Melbourne house fire
A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a man died following a house fire in Melbourne.
Police said emergency services were called to the fire at a home on Chapel Street, St Kilda, about 8.40pm on Wednesday.
Firefighters found the critically injured man at the home and treated him but he couldn't be saved.
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A man has died in a suspicious fire on Chapel Street, St Kilda. Nine
He is yet to be formally identified.
Police are treating the death and the fire as suspicious.
The man, from St Kilda, who was arrested after a search warrant was issued for another home, will be interviewed.
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