An adorable pooch named Archie has managed to set fire to his own owner's home just minutes after they left home.

The 10-month-old French bulldog-Boston terrier cross was wrestling a jet lighter in his owners Dee's home in Ringwood, in southern Melbourne, last Wednesday when he sparked the flames.

The owner told 3AW the damage to the home is estimated at $60,000 and forced them to move out for a month while the house is repaired.

Archie (pictured), now know as Archie the Arsonist, was wrestling a jet lighter when he set fire to a heavily blanked couch in his owner's Melbourne home

In the CCTV footage Archie can be seen starting the fire on the heavily blanked couch with the lighter which burns at a temperature of over 1400 degrees.

'I left the house at 9am that day and on my CCTV footage it shows 9.04am, so only four minutes and this happened'

Dee said she has no idea where her dog got the lighter from but he soon figured out how it worked.

The blaze burned for 20 minutes until fire crews broke into the home and put it out.

The fire caused extensive damage to the Melbourne home and the owner said much of the house will need to be replaced.

Archie (seen left) was playing with a lighter when it suddenly set fire to the couch causing $60,000 to the home

'The insurance company told me all my contents are gone, the whole thing probably needs to be re-plastered and new cupboards and a new aircon,' Dee said.

Dee said the damage was significant but she held no grudges against Archie.

'I'm just so glad he's okay, (his condition) could have been so much worse. If he wasn't here I'd be in the same situation just without him

Archie has his own Instagram account the owner has recently renamed 'Archie the Arsonist'.