Residents of the home in Main Beach were targeted between 11pm and 11.30pm on the nights of December 28 to December 30.

Police said the two men were travelling in an allegedly stolen car but they believe the jerry can they armed themselves with could lead to their arrest.

In the days after the attack, Hughes Avenue was busy with emergency services.

“Investigations have established a Sceptre branded jerry can, 5-litre variety and red in colour, was used in the execution of these offences,” QPS detective inspector Craig Bowman said.

In CCTV released by police, two men doused the home in fuel after they arrived under the cover of darkness.

They left as the blaze took hold.

Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command are ramping up their efforts to unmask them.

“Police are calling on anyone who recalls selling that brand of jerry can in the weeks prior to these offences, or any person who’s been seen filling jerry cans of this description,” Bowman said.

Bowman said an allegedly stolen silver Mitsubishi Outlander was used by the alleged arsonists.

Police have not disclosed any suspected motive in the attack.