On two separate occasions, three hours apart, fireworks were fired at the house (Picture: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
A snowman saved the day when a house went up in flames in Liverpool.
Smoke billowed from the bay window of a Victorian terraced house when it caught fire on Wednesday around 11.35pm.
Fireworks had been fired at the front door and through a broken window of the property on Garswood Street in Dingle, the Liverpool Echo reported.
Neighbours rallied to put out the flames, including one who threw a snowman on the blaze before firefighters arrived.
One man, who was playing Football Manager at home when he heard a ‘bang’, said: ‘The people living there keep themselves to themselves. I was just trying to put the fire out. There was a bed in the front room and that was what was on fire.
‘People were bringing out buckets of water and trying to put it out. Someone tried to get a hose pipe going but that wouldn’t have done much unfortunately.
‘Everyone came out to help and it was nice. Someone threw a snow man on the fire.
‘The man who threw it, I think it was his kid’s snowman but it was a bit of humour shared between us in a difficult situation.’
The window was smashed and a firework was fired through (Picture: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
One person was rescued from the property and taken to hospital for treatment. Two others fled through the back door.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, and of criminal damage, police said.
Detective Inspector Steve Street said: ‘Clearly this could have had very serious consequences. Thankfully nobody was injured but the occupiers have been left shocked and upset.
‘At this stage the motive is not clear and we are carrying out a number of lines of enquiry.
‘We have made an arrest but would appeal for anyone who was in the area of Garswood Street last night who heard or saw anything suspicious or believes they captured something on CCTV, dashcam or doorbell camera, to contact us as a matter of urgency.’
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