<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The hunt is on for arsonists who firebombed a supermarket in Sydney's south-west forcing dozens of people to evacuate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's the fourth time the shop has been targeted and the investigation has now been handed over to the state crime command who are looking for any links to organised crime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Mount Pritchard supermarket was set alight again about 3am today, just one week from its grand re-opening.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/several-people-arrested-as-protesters-clash-with-police-in-melbourne-cbd/af41aa31-3884-4cf0-8d79-aea86bf5cc7e" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Protesters clash with police in Melbourne CBD</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I looked out my window and I could see smoke and I'm just like not again not again," witness Christine Zybrands said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire sparked in the back storage area with emergency crews forced to cut through the roller doors to get in.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were 25 evacuations in total but some of those were just from surrounding properties," Tim Hassiotis from NSW Fire and Rescue said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/mount-prichard-supermarket-firebombed-in-fourth-attack/aec83bbf-a4ee-4d55-9a7a-23b76cd0a528" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities are investigating the blaze, which destroyed everything in the back storeroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/four-arrested-after-string-of-robberies-in-melbourne/5761f7cc-5a76-47be-8c3e-4ae9fbe55956"><strong><span>Families rattled after teens allegedly broke into their homes to steal cars</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's looking for any traces of ignitable liquids that may have been used," Hassiotis said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The supermarket was first attacked on the April 26. Then, just 11 days later there was another attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That time a ute rammed through the front and the shop was set on fire. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There was an almost identical hit on the June 6, but it was a car through the front and the damage bill was up to $500,000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On June 13, two men were arrested and charged but it still happened again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bollards were installed after the last attack to try and stop any more cars from ramming through the roller door.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But it didn't stop any further attacks, as this time the culprits went round the back.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><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. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>

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