Luxury car destroyed in pizza box fire

A luxury $350,000 car has gone up successful flames, with video footage capturing the infinitesimal a antheral utilized a pizza container to airy the conveyance connected occurrence portion parked connected a Sydney street.

The McLaren, which was purchased by its proprietor implicit a twelvemonth agone and listed for merchantability conscionable 3 days ago, was destroyed successful the blaze successful Sefton, successful Sydney’s west, precocious connected Friday night.

Security footage shared by 9News shows the infinitesimal a man, dressed successful a hoodie and clutching an umbrella, lit a cardboard pizza container connected occurrence connected the sreet.

In the footage, the antheral tin beryllium seen utilizing his umbrella to shield the flames earlier moving down a histrion to fell portion different car passed by.

Moments later, helium crouches down and slides the container nether the bumper of the car earlier racing disconnected down the street.

Neighbours rapidly spotted the blaze and attempted to enactment retired the flames with a hose.

But they were unsuccessful and wrong 15 minutes, the occurrence had taken a clasp of the vehicle.

The proprietor of the car, Hamad Ajajz, and his lad arrived location to find firefighters dousing the car successful water.

“It’s devastating to beryllium honest. The mode we came successful and seen it lit up connected fire,” helium told 9News.

The father-of-three had conscionable listed the car for merchantability online 3 days ago.

“I can’t adjacent look astatine it,” helium shared.

The car is insured.

Police are moving to way down the offender with nary arrests yet to beryllium made.

“The occurrence is being treated arsenic suspicious and officers from Bankstown Police Area Command person commenced an probe into the incident.,” constabulary said successful a connection to news.com.au.

“There were nary reports of injuries.”

Police are urging anyone with accusation oregon dashcam footage to interaction Bankstown Police Station oregon Crime Stoppers connected 1800 333 000.

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