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SEE IT: Arsonist Tosses Molotov Cocktail Into Brooklyn Deli, Workers Narrowly Escape Inferno

Two Brooklyn deli workers narrowly escaped being burned alive when a deranged firebug tossed a Molotov cocktail into their store following an argument that took a hellish turn, shocking video released Sunday shows.

Two Brooklyn deli workers narrowly escaped being burned alive when a deranged firebug tossed a Molotov cocktail into their store following an argument that took a hellish turn, shocking video released Sunday shows.

The deli exploded in flames after the nut tossed the flaming bottle into the deli on Nostrand Ave. near Halsey St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 7:55 a.m. Saturday, surveillance video released by the FDNY shows.

An employee at the family-run deli, Mohamed Abdulla, 23, said a man he had never seen before came into the deli and got into a spat with one of the store’s regular customers.

Man throws Molotov cocktail into Brooklyn deli Two Brooklyn deli workers narrowly escaped being burned alive after a deranged firebug tossed a Molotov cocktail into their store, shocking video released Sunday shows.

The deli exploded in flames after the nut tossed the flaming bottle into the deli on Nostrand Ave. [...]




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