Fire at Melbourne care home being treated as suspicious after residents rescued

Emergency services say 14 people were rescued at the facility on Mangan Street, Balwyn, on Sunday night

Firefighters have rescued residents who were trapped inside a burning care facility in Melbourne’s east, with the blaze being treated as suspicious.

Many residents made phone calls to triple-0 just before 10pm on Sunday as smoke filled the two-storey building in Mangan Street, Balwyn.