ORLANDO, Fla. — An arsonist torched several cars at an Orlando apartment complex early Friday morning. WFTV obtained home video of the fire that was intentionally set outside the Sterling Crest Apartments on South Kirkman Road (see map) .
Officers believe two cars were targeted, but five cars were damaged.
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WFTV spoke with some of the victims who had their cars burned and said they have no idea who could have done it. One of the cars that was targeted is in evidence; the flames were so hot they burned away the pavement. An eyewitness grabbed their camera in the middle of the night, capturing the inferno as five vehicles went up in flames.
"Someone was not happy with whoever set their car on fire. That sucks," witness Christina Dunwiddie said.
"I come out the window and the car was on fire, it was exploding," witness Amanda Costa said.
Costa was sleeping just feet from two of the burning vehicles. She evacuated the rest of the family as the flames intensified.
"It was on my window, I'm telling you it was like a foot away from my window. I'm afraid it was gonna come across the grass, then on my window. So I got everyone out," Costa said.
Investigators said it wasn't liquid that was poured over the cars; someone actually created some sort of incendiary device and slipped it under both of the cars to ignite the cars sometime later.
"Like, make it flammable, I don't know if it was like a bomb or whatever to flame like that," arson victim Anas Lazaar said.
The two men who own the cars are roommates, just one of very few clues so far into who set the cars ablaze.
"I just come here for two years and I don't have a problem with anybody who'd do something like this. I can't believe this man," arson victim Hietib Dellem said.
The other vehicles are badly damaged. Investigators said they were caught in the crossfire of a serious and dangerous grudge.
The two men are roommates, but also work together at a restaurant. Investigators are trying to work all angles to find out who is behind it before the dangerous grudge goes any further.