Wiesn Visitor Sets Toilet on Fire

Tue 5th Oct, 2010

Munich. A drunk Wiesn visitor set fire to a chemical toilet near the Oktoberfest on Wednesday.

At around 2AM, security personnel from a nearby furniture shop in Westend noticed that a portable toilet in an underground car park was on fire.

The security service opened the locked door and found a 23 year old Canadian inside. The young man had set fire to the toilet paper. The damage to the mobile toilet is estimated to be 1500 Euro.

The drunk firestarter was brought to a nearby police station. He paid a security deposit of 800 Euro and did not give any clues as to why he set the toilet on fire.


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