Greenacre, Sydney: House firebombed twice in one day
A house in south-west Sydney was firebombed twice in less than 24 hours.
Emergency services were called to a property on Macquarie Street in Greenacre shortly before 11.30pm on Monday following reports the house had been firebombed.
An incendiary bomb had previously been thrown into the house at 1am on Monday morning.
The firebombs caused minor damage to the front of the building and the garage, while pieces of the damaged building were scattered on the ground after firefighters were forced to enter the property.
A canister found outside the house was seized and forensically examined by police on Monday.
The vacant house was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW and no injuries were reported.
The home sold in December 2025 and payment was expected this week, 7News reported.
There was a large yellow sold sign in front of the house at the time of the attacks.
Police believe both firebombs are related.
Witness Ahmed Al-Ani said he “heard some noises” late Monday night before the final firebombing.
“Someone walked past me and started yelling at us, ‘get out of the house because your side door is on fire,'” he told NewsWire.
“We saw smoke coming from the roof, we were very grateful to that gentleman. We left immediately.”
He said firefighters had to enter the garage to stop the flames.
“When they managed to get into the garage, the smoke started to get really thick,” Mr Al-Ani said.
“After (the fire crews) extinguished the fire, they went and checked everywhere. They also came to our house and checked if there was smoke, but thankfully there was no smoke.”
Mr Al-Ani said he had never experienced anything like this in the 15 years he and his family had lived in the area.
“Nothing like that happened,” he said.
“I don’t think this has ever happened to anyone on this street before, so it was really weird.”
He explained that he had difficulty sleeping after the fire.
“I hope they find whoever did this and I hope they fix the problem,” he told NewsWire. “So I feel mostly fine right now.
“But you don’t see that every day, it’s a bit much to admit.” Mr Al-Ani was thankful the house was empty at the time of the fire.
“If there was actually someone in the house, it would have been much worse,” he said, adding that the house had been sold recently.
“I know the old owners,” he said.
“I think they moved here about five years ago… so we’ve never had any problems with them. They’re actually very nice people.”
The incident came days after a house on Gallipoli Street in Condell Park, about five miles from Greenacre, was hit with glass firebombs.
Police were told two glass bottles, possibly containing petrol, were thrown at the windows of the house shortly after 10.30pm on Saturday, January 31.
A window was broken as a result of the attack, but the house did not catch fire.
While two bottles were broken as a result of the impact, the police found a third bottle in a bag seized in front of the house for examination.
“It is believed that the incident was targeted,” police said in a statement.
