Some Taco Bell Employees Set Off Fireworks Inside the Restaurant . . . Then Watched the Place Burn After Locking Themselves Out

NOVATO, CA – FEBRUARY 22: A sign is posted in front of a Taco Bell restaurant (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

 

Last Monday . . . just after the Fourth of July . . . the employees at a Taco Bell in Nashville thought it would be a good idea to set off some fireworks INSIDE the restaurant.

 

 

It was caught on the surveillance cameras.  They locked the place up to keep customers out . . . ran around with fireworks in their hands . . . then went into the men’s bathroom and ignited some kind of firework in a trash can.

 

 

Then they came up with the BRILLIANT plan to do the same thing in a trash can in the main dining room, and film it on their phones.  They went outside to get a better view . . . but then realized that they’d accidentally locked themselves out.

 

 

While they watched the explosions, one of the fireworks ignited a full-on fire in the restaurant.  So they called 911, and firefighters came to put out the blaze.  It caused more than $30,000 in damage.

 

25-year-old Courtney Mayes was the shift leader, and she’s been arrested and charged with felony aggravated arson.  Police expect to make more arrests in the coming days.

 

 

(ABC News