For the second time in as many weeks, an apparent firebombing struck fear into residents along a Philadelphia street.
People inside a home on the unit block of E. Coulter Street got up onto the top floor roof and waited for firefighters to rescue them after they heard a loud bang as something came through the window of their Germantown home around 1 a.m. Sunday.
"It sounds like somebody was coming up the steps," said a fire victim only identified as "Danny." "they kicked the door and they threw the gas — or whatever they threw — and it spread across the whole house."
Firefighters quickly arrived, extinguished the flames and rescued five adults and a 4-month-old from the home. One woman and the infant were taken to Einstein Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. They were released from the hospital later Sunday morning.
Residents said that they believe the home was firebombed. Firefighters would only go as far to say that the fire was suspicious and that police would investigate.
This incident came less than two weeks after someone drove up to the home next door and torched the porch. That case was also being investigated as a possible firebombing.
"I'm tired of it, I want to get to the bottom of this," said Danny.
