Inner West home targeted in Burnell St, Russel Lea arson attack

Shock footage shows arsonists filming themselves lighting cars on fire outside homes in Sydney’s inner west before fleeing the scene. See the video.

Shock footage shows vicious arsonists filming themselves lighting cars on fire outside a home in Sydney’s inner west.

The CCTV footage depicts a man filming another man lighting the cars on fire before fleeing the scene together.

Emergency services were called to Burnell St, Russel Lea around 2.30am on Thursday after receiving reports of two cars on fire.

Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the fire but the cars were destroyed and two more were damaged with hateful messages also left behind.

The occupants of two houses had to be evacuated as a precaution and nobody was injured.

The outside of the property. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Police established a crime scene and have began investigating the incident.

The fire is being treated as suspicious.

No charges have been made yet. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

The debris from one of the cars set on fire. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

A concerned neighbour said she heard an explosion that “sounded like firecrackers”.

“There were flames coming out of the garage. It was massive,” she said.

Another neighbour said they were woken up by their dog barking and recalled seeing lots of cars coming and going from the property regularly.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.