VIDEO: One home was deemed a total loss and two others were scorched after a fire around 4 a.m. Sunday morning, Sept. 9. MFD officials said this fire is being investigated as arson. With a gaping hole in its roof and charred interior, a shell of a home was all that remained near 40th and Garfield after the fire. "There was very little that you couldn't see burning on the structure," said Aaron Lipski, Milwaukee Fire Department deputy chief. The fire was so intense, it engulfed the residence and spread to the adjacent homes. "We already had fire extension. The exteriors of the house to the northern end, the south were igniting and well underway to becoming their own large fires," said Lipski.