Arsonist Tries to Set Supermarket on Fire but Blows Up the Building

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 10-11-2013, 07:31 AM

Arsonist tries to set building on fire, ends up blowing the thing up.

Police say it is remarkable that nobody died when an explosion and fire ripped through a western Sydney supermarket early this morning.

Ten people were injured after the explosion at the two-story building on Station Street at Wentworthville at about 4:30am.

Eight police officers suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation while rescuing an injured man from the rubble.

The two men who were in the building at the time of the explosion are in a serious but stable condition.

Firefighters had believed two more men were inside the building, but now say that is not the case.

Locals have described the building as an Afghan supermarket with an apartment on top, while fire crews say it was a $2 shop.

Video posted on social media shows the building burning fiercely as screams are heard above the sound of flames.

Witness Katie Facaris saw a man who was stuck under burning bricks.

"He was yelling, 'Help, get me water'," she said.