Firefighters called to Donvale home at about 3.46am Saturday found the house fully engulfed in flames

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Two people have been killed after a home in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs went up in flames, as an arson investigation begins.

Fire crews were called to a Donvale home, about 20km east of Melbourne’s CBD, at about 3.46am on Saturday, after reports that a house was on fire.