Overview
- Police say a fire was deliberately lit at a Mitchell Street Cobden home on February 5, 2026, while a father and his two children were inside and all three escaped without injury.
- Victoria Police released CCTV in mid-October that shows a man at the front of the house applying what investigators believe was an accelerant just before flames took hold.
- Officers describe the person of interest as wearing a blue hooded jacket, black pants and runners with his face covered.
- Investigators also published images of a silver Mazda 3 seen driving toward Camperdown minutes after the blaze that had a rear-left sunshade and damage to the rear-left bumper.
- Warrnambool detectives say they have worked the case for seven months with no arrests and are urging anyone with information or dashcam footage to contact Crime Stoppers because the motive remains unclear.