Security guard's terrifying ordeal as arsonist tries to torch car with him inside
Key points
- A security guard has described a terrifying ordeal after an arsonist tried to set his car on fire with him inside during an attack at a tobacco warehouse in Adelaide. Hassan Zahid was on duty at the Beulah Road building in Norwood when a van burst into flames at 6.30am.
- He says he saw the suspect with a jerry can of flammable liquid before the blaze started. The incident is the third arson attack at the warehouse since April.
- Police are reviewing CCTV footage to identify the suspect.

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