The angry client was arrested by the Guardia Civil. | Photo: Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Humphrey CarterPalma23/10/2026 13:10
A man who set fire to the bar Los Palacios y Villafranca, in Seville, in August of last after the waiters told him they didn’t have any mayonnaise or ketchup has been handed a three year six month jail term.
On the day in question, in response to the staff’s reply, the man left the premises and went to a petrol station located about 50 metres away. Shortly afterwards, he reappeared at the café with a 1.5-litre bottle filled with petrol and asked the waiters at the bar again if they had any sauce. The employees gave him the same answer and the man doused the bar with the fuel and set it on fire.
The customers ran out of the establishment, as did the man, while one of the waiters grabbed a fire extinguisher to try to put out the flames. Thanks to the quick reaction of this employee and the work of the fire brigade, only material damage was reported, as the premises was practically full.
Minutes later, the man, who has a criminal record, was arrested by Guardia Civil officers in a nearby square and was brought before the courts after being treated at a health centre for burns to his left arm caused by the explosion he himself caused.