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A MAN WHO was reportedly been drinking has been arrested for trying to douse the eternal flame at the landmark Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, police confirmed today.
The man parked his car last night near the famed monument on the Champs Elysees, the city’s emblematic avenue, and rushed towards the flame with a fire extinguisher in hand.
Police said the man, who was drunk, told them he wanted to extinguish the fire. He has been placed in custody.
The flame burns in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which commemorates France’s dead in the two World Wars, at the base of the arch.
The flame has been attacked in the past. In 2002 a soldier was arrested for trying to urinate on it, another man burnt himself the previous year after sitting over the flames and another was previously arrested for trying to cook eggs there.
Tried to cook eggs on it. Lol
I wonder if he brought his flask of tea.
Fantastic
Phil “napoleon” hogan by any chance??
He should have rang Phil Hogan for Omelette making advice so
No mention of him drunk driving
They’re usually half tanked by lunchtime. Hard to notice a drunk driver in France. They are incredibly $#it drivers. Paris in insane.
François Hollande “extinguishing” an old flame? Was he wearing a helmet
Come home ROG, all is forgiven.
Come home Johnny before your forgotten
Some men don’t want to watch the world burn.
Because there’s never been a good story that started with someone having a good salad.
“The flame burns in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which commemorates France’s dead in the two World Wars, at the base of the arch.”
Well, sort of. The plaque actually reads “Liberation de l’Alsace et la Lorraine, 11 novembre 1918″. Priorities were a little different back then.
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There’s a plaque out the front of your house that reads:
“Emily the sanctimonious bore”
Did anyone else expect the drunk to have attempted to piss the fire out?
Thiery Henry again hope this time got hand burned
It was probably Paddy Power !
Please don’t tell me the guy was Irish.
I burnt my face tryting to light a cigarette from it once. I used to white before that.
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