This is the terrifying moment a thug sets a businessman's cars on fire while his young children slept upstairs.

Chilling footage shows the masked man pouring a liquid over the £70,000 Range Rover, a 1994 Mitsubishi 3000 GTO sports car and a van, before setting them all on fire.

The vehicles spark into a terrifying blaze, lighting up the driveway in Marton, Middlesborough.

Gym owner Mark Hind MBE, 41, said the sight was 'like walking into a war zone' when he rushed out of his home to the horrifying scene - not even waiting to get dressed.

The father-of-three told MailOnline: 'My windows just were yellow. I screamed "Get out, get out now." All I could see was smoke.