Teens Swipe Gas Cans From Corona Church, Start Fire: Cops

CORONA, NY — Police are searching for two teenagers who took gas cans from a Corona church and used them to set a piece of cloth on fire.

The boys broke into a shed at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 10 and took two canisters of gasoline, police said.

They then used the gas to light a piece of cloth on fire, according to police.

The fire didn't cause any damage, police said.

Police on Thursday released surveillance video of the blaze in an attempt to identify the two boys responsible.

Officers say the boys are between 13 and 15 years old.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.