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Terrifying moment thugs torch cars sparking huge fire ball in quiet street threatening to engulf nearby homes - leaving mother fearing for her life

A mother has said she 'could have died' after thugs torched two cars and a Volkswagen van causing a huge fire ball which burned down part of her house and threatened to engulf nearby homes.

Jennett Unwin woke up at 5am yesterday to people shouting and saw flames, smoke and water surrounding her house.

She was helped out of the property in Eastleigh, near Southampton, by firefighters who had received reports of a vehicle fire.

The cause of the blaze is unknown but footage, captured from Ms Unwin's Ring doorbell, seemed to show two men fleeing the scene.