UP IN FLAMES
Chilling CCTV video shows Smithy family arsonist setting his own arm on fire as he torches TikTok stars’ car on driveway
SHOCKING CCTV shows the moment an arsonist torches a TikTok family's car before setting fire to his own arm.
Nick Smith, 33, has shared chilling footage of the horrifying attack by two thugs at their South London home.
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The callous pair are seen stalking the Smithy family's house before setting fire to the family's Ford Mondeo on the driveway just before 11pm.
TikTok stars The Smithy Family - who have 2.5m followers online - have been left "devastated" after their semi-detached house was destroyed by the blaze.
In a video posted last night, dad-of-three Nick said the cowardly attackers were armed with a "milk bottle full of accelerant".
And he urged anyone with information about the thugs - one of whom may have burn injuries to his arm - to come forward.
Do you know who the two people setting fire to the Smithy's car are? Please email [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368
Nick said: "The level they have gone to to do this is unreal. We had to go through that ordeal.
"It can't happen again to someone else. Next time it could be someone that's died.
"So please, take a good look, give this a share - let's see if we can find these people."
Two hooded youths wearing face masks were caught on CCTV prowling outside the home before last night's blaze.
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After staking out the house they check the coast is clear then walk across the road.
One yob wearing shorts then jams open the back window of the family's car with a crowbar.
His twisted pal calmly walks forward and opens the door before pouring flammable liquid into the car's back seats.
He sets fire to the car while he's still inside it, sending flames shooting into the night sky.
As he flees up the road from the inferno with his accomplice his left arm is seen on fire.
ARSON HORROR
The family's terrified cries can he heard as they catch sight of the blaze outside their home.
Earlier, Nick shared a dramatic video of the charred house with his 2.5million followers.
He also posted harrowing footage of his daughters' room where they were sleeping when the blaze took hold.
Getting tearful, the dad said: "My girls were in this room but that don't matter to you, does it?
"One of you filmed it while the other done it. I don't think you realise the consequences."
It can't happen again to someone else. Next time it could be someone that's died
Nick Smithy
In a separate clip, Nick shared a video of a car gutted by flames in the drive and the home blackened by the inferno last night.
It comes after the Smithy family's soaring popularity has led to trolling and their address being leaked online.
Unwanted takeaways and even escorts have been sent to their home.
In one sickening attack, a gang hurled stones at the family's home as their newborn baby was sat in the front window, Nick said.
His eight-year-old daughter was too terrified to sleep with TikTok stars the Smithys forced to install CCTV during a three-month ordeal.
After escorts were sent to their address last month, former builder Nick voiced his fears they'd have to flee their home.
'FURIOUS'
In a video to his 2.5 million followers, the dad-of-three said: “We’re off. We ain’t staying here. How can that happen? What’s next?"
Speaking to The Sun, Nick said today: “We’ve had over 100 Just Eat deliveries that weren’t paid for, it was cash on collection.
‘’We had prostitutes ordered at god knows what time in the morning, we’ve had the windows smashed, things thrown at the house.
"All over jealousy over the fact we’re trying to do good and push positivity.
“It’s heartbreaking."
The cause of the fire is now being investigated and there have been no arrests.
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A LFB spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a car alight that had spread up the outside of the house.
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"There were a number of mobility scooters parked outside which had caught alight and were producing a large amount of smoke and flames.
"Everyone was out of the building before we arrived, and crews worked incredibly hard to prevent further damage to the inside of the property and to neighbouring properties."
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