Vacant house gutted

By Melissa Meehan
Officer in charge Lieutenant Daniel Ingram said investigators were still combing the scene, in King Street, Pakenham, for the cause of the fire.
But said he believed the fire was started in the kitchen.
“We were called by neighbours and a passerby,” Mr Ingram said.
“It has apparently been unoccupied for a number of weeks.”
He said crews were called to the scene not long after midnight, and trucks from Pakenham, Toomuc Valley and Nar Nar Goon all attending the fire, as well as the Pakenham SES.