Police investigating after sports car and house damage
Its been revealed that a luxury car, destroyed in an early morning fire in Sydney was also targeted just two days ago. Emergency services were called to a house at Hurstville early this morning after reports of an explosion and a fire.
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00:00 Two people were inside this home at Hurstville in Sydney's south when fire burned the Mercedes
00:06 convertible sitting in the driveway.
00:08 They evacuated safely and weren't injured.
00:11 Fire and Rescue dispatched six crews to the scene at around 1am.
00:15 By then the commotion of light, noise and smoke brought the neighbours outside of their
00:19 homes and onto the streets as they watched fire engulf the car.
00:22 "Ambulance, police, everything and they saw the big smoke."
00:26 "There was a bit of commotion in the street and I just heard like it sounded like someone
00:33 was trying to break into a car or something.
00:34 So I came out to have a look and there was just like a fireball over the house before
00:45 the fire is trying to put out."
00:47 The fire was extinguished 20 minutes later but by then the car was destroyed, two cars
00:52 nearby were damaged and the front of the home had been charred.
00:56 This is the second time the same car has been involved in a fire within a week.
01:00 It caught alight on Friday morning but the damage was minor.
01:03 Police are investigating if the two fires are linked.
01:06 They believe the fire overnight was deliberately lit and they're appealing to the public to
01:10 come forward with information.
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