Sideshows, also known as street takeovers, are inherently dangerous events, with participants blocking off public intersections and performing donuts and burnouts in front a throng of tightly packed people. As one might expect, it’s not uncommon for cars to get wrecked and onlookers to get run over. Now, it looks like we can add arson to the list of dangers, as seen in the following viral video capturing a Chevy Camaro that was set on fire at an illegal sideshow.
Per the video description, it appears as though the video was captured in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. The video begins by showing a white Chevy Camaro (identified as a ZL1 model, although we have our doubts) doing a burnout as a crowd of people watch and capture video. A thick cloud of smoke hovers around the Camaro as the quad exhaust tips in the rear spit purple and red flames. Some of the folks in the crowd walk across the top of the Camaro and film themselves, while another member of the crowd pretends to warm their hands by the flaming exhaust tips.
Suddenly, we see someone in a white hoodie run up to the Chevy Camaro and dump the contents of what appears to be a small red gas can on the rear quarter panel.
As the liquid drips down the side of the car, it ignites on the flaming exhaust tips, turning the entire rear of the vehicle into a fireball. The crowd quickly jumps back as the car burns. A few step forward again and place random trash in the fire.
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A second video shows girls dancing on top of the burning Chevy Camaro. It looks the entire car is now on fire. Meanwhile a Ford Mustang does a few donuts, nearly colliding with some of the onlookers:
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