Footage from 2019, filmed during mass riots in Chile, shows multiple angles of an instance in which two female riot police sustained burns to their faces and upper torso after a molotov cocktail direct impacted one of them.

The burning officers frantically strip their fuel covered helmets as fellow riot police assist with fire extinguishers and promptly put out the flames.

Molotov cocktails, also called petrol bombs or fire bombs, are improvised throwable incendiary devices fashioned from a glass bottle containing highly flammable liquids which use a propellent-soaked cloth in the cap or stopper as an ignition source.

The molotov's ease of construction from easily sourced materials makes them an extremely popular choice. The weapon is useful for setting structures and vehicles ablaze, distraction, and crowd dispersal.

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