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Toomer’s Corner oak tree in Auburn set on fire; suspect in custody

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One of Auburn’s famous oak trees at Toomer’s Corner was set on fire late Saturday night.

The fire appeared to take place shortly after midnight, hours after Auburn’s 18-13 home win over LSU.

Someone inadvertently set the one of the Toomer's Oaks on fire. It's out now, but all the toilet paper is burned off pic.twitter.com/0cSGRUBEFZ

— Sam Butler (@_sam_butler) September 25, 2016

In a video shared by a Twitter user, a man appears to intentionally light the toilet paper hanging from one of the trees before immediately taking off.