As avideo of the incident clearly shows, the cars destruction was hardly the work of a single individual.

Amidst the furor, one person can be heard to shout: Light that shit on fire!

Eventually, someone did.

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Photo: San Francisco Fire Department/Séraphine Hossenlopp (Other)

Due to their age, the person has not been publicly identified.

The cars fiery demise occurred in February amidst heightened tensions between the citys autonomous vehicle population and local humans.

Of course, there have also been instances of car-on-human violence.

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Last October, one of GM Cruises self-driving robotaxisran a woman over and dragged her.

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