suspect sets fire to warehouse with Molotov cocktail in Brooklyn – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK – Fire officials arrested a suspect for throwing a Molotov cocktail through the front door of a Brooklyn warehouse and causing significant damage to the business, the New York City Fire Department said Sunday, (FDNY, for its acronym in English).

The moments of the incident were recorded in surveillance video released by the city’s Fire Department. Here, the alleged perpetrator, Joel Mangal, 38, is seen turning on the device and dumping it inside the store located on Nostrand Avenue in Bed-Stuy.

The moment of the explosion seems that of a movie scene: the alleged attacker throws the Molotov cocktail through the door of the store, at that moment it explodes and the wall of the place is set on fire. The FDNY noted that the attack occurred shortly before 8:00 am on Saturday.

In the midst of the flames, a person is also seen running towards the door to avoid burning himself and another jumping off the counter to save himself.

The FDNY announced the arrest Sunday in a statement and said one person received medical treatment for non-life threatening injuries.

Mangal faces charges of arson, battery, reckless danger, criminal possession of a weapon, and damage to private property. It was not clear if he had a lawyer.

A second video captured the attack from outside on the sidewalk and shows the moment the alleged attacker turned on the device and threw it inside the store.

The video shows the suspect as he lights a second Molotov cocktail to also throw it inside the store, but a second man on the sidewalk takes it from his hand and sends the fiery explosive to the ground.

“The FDNY will continue to work together with local, state and federal partners to bring to justice those who use fire as a weapon against New Yorkers,” Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in a statement.

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