Police: Arson attempt blew up in suspect's face on camera
Published in Weird News
COLORADO SPRINGS (UPI) -- Colorado police are working to identify a man whose apparent attempted arson literally blew up in his face while a security camera was rolling.
The Colorado Springs Police Department said officers and firefighters responded to the Wells Fargo Bank Sept. 8 on a report of a gas smell in the building and the investigators located a jar of suspected gasoline in an overnight drop box.
Police looked at security footage from that side of the building and discovered video of a man attempting to light the jar and push it through the slot, but the apparent attempted arson went wrong when the jar shot flames toward his face.
The suspect ran out of the camera's frame before returning to push the jar, which did not appear to be flaming any longer, the rest of the way through the slot.
Police said they are working to identify the suspect, who may have been burned in the incident.
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