A mother and her four children narrowly escaped a potentially deadly situation after an unknown perpetrator used gasoline to set it ablaze in Houston's East End.
"We’re still alive," said the mother named Theresa. "That’s all I can say. We’re still alive. By the grace of God, we’re still here."Home surveillance video from a home nearby shows the flames grow outside the home early Sunday morning.Surveillance video captures a car go up in flames in Houston after a suspect used gasoline to set the car on fire. Courtesy of Jim Carroll.
"It was like a snake of flames," said Jim Carroll, a neighbor. "You could see the fumes when it got underneath the car [go] boom." A car and trashcan outside the home are burned to a crisp. A line of dead grass now extends from the car to the street. "It’s the East End," said Carroll. "Nothing freaks people on the East End, because there is always something going on over here with crime. Porch pirates, arson, criminal trespass, people need to start exercising their right to protect themselves."Theresa says whoever did this acted out of sabotage and hatred.DOWNLOAD THE FOX 26 HOUSTON APP BY CLICKING HERE"What is going on in the East End, because this isn’t right?" said Theresa.
If you have any information about this case, or think you recognize the person responsible, you’re urged to contact law enforcement.
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