Police have charged a man following two fires in Mentone this morning.
Witnesses called Triple 0 after seeing a man light a fire at a vacant block on Mentone Parade about 8.15am.
Police responded and the man allegedly fled on foot.
He was arrested a short time later in nearby Station Street after a second property was allegedly set alight about 8.25am.
The property was a vacant house and sustained moderate damage.
The 47-year-old Cheltenham man has been charged with burglary, criminal damage and criminal damage by fire.
He has been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 29 December.
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