St Albans Park fire deemed suspicious

Police will probe a suspicious fire in St Albans Park on Monday morning.

Fire crews were called to a property on Coppards Rd, after triple zero received calls from locals reporting hearing an explosion around 10.19am.

Firefighters arrived to find that a wood heater had exploded, and immediately declared the situation under control at 10.29am.

The scene was handed to Victoria Police as the fire was deemed suspicious.