A man allegedly torched a café after being told they didn’t have any mayonnaise.
CCTV footage shows the suspect storming inside, dousing the counter with petrol, and sparking it with a lighter.
As flames shot towards the ceiling, he calmly strolled back out – slapping at his own arm, which had also caught fire.
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Terrified customers, including children as young as four and elderly diners, bolted for the exit as staff battled the blaze with an extinguisher.
Owner José Antonio Caballero said the man had first asked for “a couple of sachets of mayonnaise” for his sandwich.
After being refused, he tried again with another waitress, and then headed to a nearby petrol station to buy a 1.5-litre bottle of fuel, as reported by Need To Know.
Minutes later he returned, asked a third time, and when told no again, poured petrol over the counter and set it alight.
“Three different waiters told him we didn’t have mayonnaise, and that was it,” Caballero said in disbelief, adding that the man had shown no previous signs of trouble.
The café – Las Postas in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Seville province – said in a statement: “Fortunately, none of us or our customers suffered any serious harm – only material damage that can be replaced.”
Caballero estimates the financial hit at €7,000 (£6,055) to €9,000 (£7,784).
The suspect – around 50 years old, from Priego de Córdoba, and said to have a criminal record – was arrested minutes later in a nearby square.
He was taken to a health centre under police guard for burns to his arm.
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