When a man lit his cigarette from the eternal flame at Paris's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, he ignited more than just tobacco—he set off a wave of outrage and an official investigation. Now, French ...

A man has sparked outrage after he used the memorial flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris to light a cigarette. A video posted on social media shows him crouching down to light his ...

Sometimes, nature calls. And when nature is calling you to have a smoke, but you don’t have a lighter, well, you have to get creative. According to various news reports and the now-viral video, the ...

A video showing the man casually walking across the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe set off outrage in France. By Ali Watkins The video set off outrage in France and across the ...

Paris — A man accused of desecrating a World War I memorial in Paris is set to lose his residency status and be deported from France, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The man used the eternal ...

France has reportedly stripped the residency permit of a man who lit a cigarette at a war memorial in Paris after he was caught on camera. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Tuesday called the ...

A man in Sichuan, China, got an unexpected sign from the heavens on September 22: the worker tried to light a cigarette while ...

Man Outrages France By Lighting Cigarette From Memorial Flame By AFP - Agence France Presse Aug 05, 2025, 2:17 pm EDT Share ...

French authorities have arrested a Moroccan man after he allegedly lit a cigarette off a memorial in Paris. The moment at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which includes an ever-burning flame, under ...