Sydney police are investigating five fires that appear to have been deliberately lit last night.
Multiple crime scenes have been established in Sydney’s Glebe: the first site engulfed in flames was a shop front, the second a veranda of a home nearby, the third a garage fire, then a terrace fire at a house, and the last, a car fire.
The terrace fire at the home of 70-year-old Kelvin Isdahl, prompted an immediate evacuation.
“There were big fires at the front of the house, then this black smoke just hit me. I had black soot all over me and I ran out the back of my place,” Mr Isdahl said.