WATCH: Fire starting fails - Australia’s arsonists are torching themselves

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Keely Goodall

8 July 2025 | 16:01

Several arsonists have had their attempts to cause mayhem literally backfire.

WATCH: Fire starting fails - Australia’s arsonists are torching themselves

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Security camera footage from Australia shows arsonists spectacularly failing to set a salon alight.

One suspect can be seen slipping in the oil they used while the other flees the scene with his pants on fire.

Police were able to extinguish the flames and no injuries were reported.

A few weeks ago, another arson attempt went wrong in Australia when the would-be arsonist accidently torched their own getaway car.

And in March, an arsonist trying to set a car alight in Sydney set his pants on fire in the process and fled the scene.

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