Arsonist sets himself on fire at popular nightclub as police launch probe into 'suspicious blaze Arsonists filmed fleeing burning nightclub One man set himself on fire during escape READ MORE: Cars torched in shocking antisemitic attack By ZAK WHEELER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 10:28, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 10:28, 21 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A man set himself on fire after he and two other arsonists torched a popular nightclub in front of shocked witnesses. Footage filmed by a bystander captured the moment a trio of masked men fled from the LUX Nightclub in Melbourne 's South Yarra shortly before 2am on Thursday. Minutes earlier, the men were seen getting out of a small blue hatchback and carrying jerry cans into the nightclub in full view of witnesses on the street.
On their way out, one man was seen trying to extinguish his pants and sleeves which had set alight after dousing the nightclub. A second man tried patting down the clothes while a third was seen pouring more accelerant onto the footpath outside the club. The trio got back into the hatchback and were last seen driving north along Chapel Street toward Richmond.
Bystander Erik Lund was on his way home when he spotted the balaclava-clad men entering the club. 'I saw some guy kicking this shutter and then I realised something was actually happening, not just vandalism,' Mr Lund told the Herald Sun . A trio of arsonists dressed in all black were caught seen by bystanders rushing into LUX Night.