The air conditioning unit has melted to a disfigured blob and the picture of twins Jai and Jayden has been blackened by the smoke and heat.

Fortunately, the two six-month-olds were away at nursery when fire and smoke wrecked their grandmother's home — a blaze which may have been caused by a Molotov cocktail thrown through a window.

It is thought a gasoline bomb could have been thrown into the house by members of the Parkside gang. The damage caused has left the family homeless.

The fire, at the Frog Lane home, happened at about 1.45 p.m. on Tuesday and is being investigated by the Police and Fire Service.

Last night Colleen Gibbons, a 46-year-old single mother and grandmother, said she watched in disbelief as firefighters put out the blaze at her home.

She was at work at the Bank of Bermuda when she got a call from her daughter, Demika, who had gone home and saw smoke coming from the house, telling her to come back.

"I was numb, I just stood there," said Ms Gibbons "I was just like, what's next?"

Ms Gibbons said she believes that a petrol bomb was thrown through her son Damiko's window. She said she was told by a firefighter at the scene that the fire looked as if it had been caused by a Molotov cocktail, a commonly used moniker for a homemade gasoline or petrol bomb.

And she believes that members of the Parkside gang could have been responsible. She claimed a neighbour had recently received threats from gang members and that her son's good friend had also been in an altercation with the Parkside Gang and this could have been retaliation.

Yesterday colleagues, neighbours, church and family members all pitched in to help the family-of-six clean out the house and take their belongings to the trash as nothing was salvageable. The Fire Service advised them to dispose of the contents of the home as items might contain harmful toxins from the smoke damage.

The house was home to Ms Gibbons, her 21-year-old twins Damiko and Dashee, as well as her 24-year-old daughter Demika and her twin boys, Jai and Jayden.

Ms Gibbons said the family is staying at a church member's house, but will be moving into a friend's house, temporarily, who has a spare bedroom.

Ms Gibbons, a member of the New Testament Church of God, Heritage Worship Centre, said: "Thank God for support, I believe He has worked it out."

PLP MP for the constituency Glenn Blakeney and UBP election candidate Albertha Waite have both reached out to the family to offer assistance.

Yesterday John Pacheco, Deputy Chief fire officer, said: "Investigations into the cause of the fire are currently being carried out. The official report has not been released and is expected to be completed in a week or so."

Police Media Relations Officer Robin Simmons said the Police were waiting for the Fire Service report before they could conclude if there was foul play or arson.

The Bank of Bermuda and HOTT 107.5 are reaching out to the community and fundraising for the family.

If you wish to help the Gibbons family, contact Tauria Raynor at traynor@royalgazette.bm or call her at 295-5881.