'We told them to jump, there was no other way out' - arson attack on Finglas home believed to be mistaken identity

"Petrol bombing of family's home in Dublin leaves two women and three teenagers hospitalised Gardaí believe an arson attack on an innocent family's home in Dublin that left two women and three teenagers in hospital was a case of mistaken identity. Some of the victims had to jump to safety from a second-storey window to escape the blaze after a petrol bomb was thrown into the property on Creston Avenue in Finglas in the early hours of yesterday morning."

"Gardaí believe an arson attack on an innocent family's home in Dublin that left two women and three teenagers in hospital was a case of mistaken identity. Some of the victims had to jump to safety from a second-storey window to escape the blaze after a petrol bomb was thrown into the property on Creston Avenue in Finglas in the early hours of yesterday morning."

An arson attack targeted a family's home on Creston Avenue in Finglas during the early hours of yesterday morning. A petrol bomb was thrown into the property, igniting a blaze that forced occupants to flee. Some victims jumped from a second-storey window to escape the fire. Two women and three teenagers were hospitalised after the incident. Gardaí believe the attack was a case of mistaken identity and that the family was innocent. Emergency services attended the scene to extinguish the blaze and treat the injured, and investigations are ongoing.

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