A pair of burned feet could be the smoking gun for police investigating a curious house fire in Preston, Melbourne.
They are looking for a man whose feet caught fire during a botched arson attempt early yesterday.
The man doused a weatherboard house in Albert Street with fuel shortly after 4am, but moments later was engulfed in the flames.
Police said his socks caught fire. Witnesses said they saw a man running through the darkness with his feet on fire.
The fleeing man left a fuel can behind and his socks smouldering in the gutter. Adding insult to injury, the house did not burn down, suffering only minor damage to the front of the property.
Doctors have been urged to be on the lookout for patients with burnt feet, but late yesterday there had been no reports.
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