Police release CCTV of Sydney house allegedly being set on fire ‘in a case of mistaken identity’

Video footage shows two hooded figures entering the front yard of a house in Fairfield West before a fire erupts

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CCTV of an allegedly deliberately lit house fire in Sydney’s west that injured two people has been released by arson detectives as they appeal for public help to identify the culprits.

The video footage made public on Monday shows two hooded figures leaping out of a car in Fairfield West before entering the front yard of a house carrying two red containers.

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