Disgruntled customer burns items with hairspray blowtorch in Pennsylvania

Friday, November 30, 2018
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania -- Police are trying to identify a woman caught on surveillance video using a homemade blowtorch to burn several items at a store in Philadelphia.

The woman is seen in surveillance video using a hairspray bottle and a lighter to make the blowtorch.
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She then reached through an opening in the store's front counter and burned several items.

No one was injured.
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Police say they will charge her with arson when they find her.

Her exact motive isn't clear, but for now police are just referring to her as a "disgruntled customer."

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