Football fan set on fire when security guard tries to extinguish a flare

A football fan was accidentally set on fire by a security guard

A fan was set ablaze at a match in Poland when a security guard tried to extinguish his flare.

At a match between Slask Wroclaw and Zaglebie Lubin, a Lubin fan was wildly swinging a red flare when the security guard stepped up and tried to douse it using a spray can.

The fan, who was standing atop a metal gate fell as a result but luckily the fire was put out and the fan escaped without any major damage.

Watch the bottom left corner of the screen (at 1:40) to see the incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8_ywFbnO0#t=90

Reports suggested that the fan was fine and did not suffer any burns.

For those that are asking apparently the fan is fine. Here’s a video of the incident, starts at 1.30 in http://t.co/kS20lqiws7

— Christopher Lash (@rightbankwarsaw) April 28, 2014