They set fire to their sweet-shirt themselves before jumping into the sea. This is the new fashion for young people, who came from across the Atlantic, and who is arriving in France.
On social networks, videos of teenagers igniting their clothes attract attention because of their dangerousness, warns nice morning, this Sunday, January 19. Instagram has deleted these posts, which are no longer available on the platform.
You can see a teenager there, next to a beach in Nice, set a friend’s sweet shirt, soaked in a flammable substance, on fire before the friend jumps into the water to extinguish the flames. Two other teenagers watch the scene and film.
This fashion, the first examples of which date from 2014, had hitherto been circumscribed in the United States and seems to be making a breakthrough in France. In 2018, in Detroit, in the United States, 12-year-old child was placed in intensive care after losing control. 49% of his body was burned, says West France.
