A British Army soldier has been kicked out of the military after he tried to get high by setting fire to boot polish but sparked a blaze at his barracks instead.
Lance Corporal David Thomas became disorientated after sniffing the fumes from the burning tin and dropped it on the floor, before wandering off, a court martial heard.
Unbeknownst to him, the polish then set fire to a sofa in the common room where he'd lit it, setting off the smoke alarm and forcing fellow squaddies to put the blaze out with a fire extinguisher.
