French McDonald's worker facing the sack doused his body in petrol and threatened to burn himself alive to protest fast-food chain closing his restaurant

Kamel Guemari will lose his job as McDonald's closes franchise in Marseille

In protest he doused his body in petrol and threatened to set himself alight

Locked himself in the McDonald's bathroom and negotiated for 90 minutes

Guemari and fellow demonstrators are trying to block McDonald's from closing

By PETER ALLEN IN PARIS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 14:19 BST, 9 August 2018 | UPDATED: 14:21 BST, 9 August 2018

A French McDonald’s worker doused his body in petrol and threatened to burn himself alive if he lost his job with the fast-food outlet.

Kamel Guemari faces the sack along with 76 colleagues in Saint-Barthélémy, a suburb of Marseille in southern France, as McDonald's is closing the franchise.

In protest, Guemari poured petrol over himself and locked himself into a toilet of the McDonald’s branch.

‘I choose to die standing rather go through this misfortune, to see these people without a job,’ said Mr Guemari said in a video broadcast live on social media from inside the cubicle.

'I’m ready to give up my life to save jobs.’

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