>> as the fire roars, gatuna looks on in disbelief. >> i can't believe this is happening. i live so close. this is something that's so shameful. >> still filming from about 50 feet away, gatuna is amazed by the vandals' apparent pride in what they've done. >> when the taxi was on fire, people were still on top of the taxi getting ready to take photos, thinking that this was some sort of event that they have to share. i'm just hoping that no one catches on fire. fire did come very close to a few members of the crowd. people from the crowd were telling them to back off because the fire was just getting bigger and bigger, consuming everything. >> oh! oh! run! run! >> the crowd breaks up when they hear sirens approaching. >> there is a bunch of police right across the street from the incident, so they're coming towards the taxi, you know, trying to disperse the crowd, and from that moment, i knew that they were going to start shooting at us with pepper spray. >> to avoid getting gassed, gatuna runs and hides behind a parked car. >> i continued filming the event, and in the vid