Overview

• Security footage shows the customer left for a nearby gas station, filled a bottle with fuel, returned, doused the counter and lit it, causing a brief explosion.
• Staff used an extinguisher while a worker followed the fleeing suspect, enabling Local Police and the Guardia Civil to arrest him; he was treated for burns.
• Judicial sources say the judge ordered pretrial imprisonment without bail on suspicion of arson and injuries after the man spent two nights in custody.
• Earlier police information cited alleged offenses of damages and arson with risk to people, and reports conflict on whether a worker had a minor hand burn or only the detainee was hurt.
• Owner José Antonio Caballero estimates €7,000–€10,000 in losses, and the café resumed service the next morning after overnight cleanup and repairs.