Video: Cars burn in the parking lot of the Detroit Post Office
According to police, a single vehicle in Detroit was attacked with firebombs, causing surrounding cars to catch fire. Investigators believe it was arson and are still trying to determine who started the fire.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Dramatic cell phone video was captured minutes after a firebombing of a car parked outside a post office on Harper Avenue in Detroit on Thursday afternoon.
The fire quickly spread to five other cars in the parking lot.
Germany Bennett, who witnessed the incident and recorded the video, works at Mr. B’s Car Wash next to the post office. He said he was working on his car and turned around when he heard “a loud bang.”
“My colleague came out and said, ‘It’s burning! It’s burning! It’s burning!'” Bennett said. “We rushed and moved our cars away and suddenly all the other cars caught fire. Just a few explosions and bangs, it was chaos – chaos.”
Hours after the incident, FOX 2 spoke to the owner of the car that was firebombed, setting nearby cars on fire.
“Who would hate me so much that they would do something like that? Is that a signal?” said Tiffany Randall, whose vehicle was the target. “I’m not bothering anyone. I just go to work, take care of my kids and go home.”
The police are investigating the case as arson and are still trying to find out who started the fire.
“First of all, someone did it in broad daylight. And then it’s like – what could have happened that you came to someone’s workplace to do that?” Bennett said. “It couldn’t have been that bad.”
According to police, no one was injured in the fire.
