<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating whether a decade-long feud may be the reason behind a second firebomb attack on a Sydney home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Neighbours on Burnell Street in Russell Lea were woken by explosions about 2.30am as two cars went up in flames.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The vehicles parked in the driveway of a family home were quickly engulfed in flames. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brittany-higgins-national-anti-corruption-commission-no-wrongdoing-in-2-million-settlement/a464997e-6b91-46f6-a93c-95aa89e6ea2a"><strong><span>Senator hits out at corruption findings into $2.4m Higgins payout</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the residents was captured running around the inferno and into a neighbour's garage before jumping the fence. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Emergency crews rushed to the scene, with the fire already beginning to spread to the garage doors and two more cars parked on the street. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It took half an hour to contain the flames.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/police-probe-whether-decadelong-feud-led-to-torched-cars/78bccfe8-cfc2-4735-90d4-572e125dc8af" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After the fires were extinguished, the messages left on two of the vehicles became clearer: "100% gronks".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 11 people were inside the home at the time, including a two-week-old baby. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/three-arrested-after-shooting-in-sydneys-south-west-car-torched/b165186c-06f3-4bb0-a73b-92084868158f"><strong><span>Alleged gangland kingpin believed to be target of brazen shooting</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two people were filmed on CCTV setting the vehicles alight before running away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's not the first time this has happened to the same home. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2013, two men were filmed torching parked cars out the front of the house. They have never been caught.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands the family has lived here since 2002, and that the address is linked to an entertainment business associated with a nightclub and record label.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They are a well-connected, community family," NSW Police Superintendent Christine McDonald said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In relation to any known police links, we're still working through that.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A decade-long feud is one that we will look into. I mean, it's a hell of a long time to hold a grudge."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives are now investigating why this home was targeted for a second time and whether the arsonists behind last night's attack are linked to the incident 12 years ago. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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