A gas station attendant narrowly escaped a fiery death when he was tied up and locked in a back room by robbers who tried to burn the building before fleeing, police said Thursday.
The robbers took $500 from Texaco attendant Mohaned Musid at about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, tied him and left him in a back room at the station on El Camino Drive. Then they sprinkled gasoline around the building and started a fire, Costa Mesa police said.
