One of the oak trees at Toomer's Corner was set on fire following Auburn's win over LSU on Saturday and police arrested a 29-year-old Auburn resident on charges of desecration of a venerable object.

Auburn police arrested Jochen Wiest, who was already in custody on charges of public intoxication and authorities say is "not affiliated with Auburn University," on Sunday afternoon.

Auburn Police arrested Jochen Wiest, 29, of Auburn on a warrant charging him with desecration of a venerable object in connection with the fire set to one of the oak trees at Toomer's Corner following Auburn's win over LSU on Saturday. (Mugshot via Auburn police)

"Wiest was developed as a suspect and immediately taken into custody while still in the area on an unrelated charge of public intoxication," according to a press release from Auburn police. "Further investigation resulted in Wiest being identified as the individual responsible for setting the fire and a warrant was obtained for his arrest. He was arrested while incarcerated in the Lee County jail on the prior charge and his bond was set at $1000."

Desecration of a venerable object is a Class A misdemeanor in the state of Alabama, which carries a penalty of up to one year in jail and up to a $6,000 fine.

Surveillance footage appears to show a man Auburn police believe to be Wiest, walk up to the oak tree on W. Magnolia Ave., which had to be replanted during the remodeling process that started in 2015, and set some of the toilet paper hanging from it on fire.

The fire department extinguished the fire shortly after receiving calls at approximately 12:15 a.m., according to Auburn police.

As of 1:45 a.m. Sunday, there were still embers smoldering in the tree enough to catch a small piece of toilet paper on fire. A bystander stomped the small fire out when the paper fell to the ground.

Auburn University professor of horticulture Gary Keever inspected the tree Sunday morning. Keever does not believe the fire has killed the tree but the extent of the damage may not be known for "several days to several weeks" if not longer.

"At this time, we know that the upper canopy, the lower canopy on the northwest side, and the base of the trunk were burned," Keever told AL.com. "Based on the leaf curl and off-color of the foliage in parts of the canopy, these leaves will drop over the next several days. We plan to use a lift to inspect the shoots in the canopy early this week.

"The full extent of the damage won't be known for several days to several weeks, and perhaps not until we see regrowth in spring. Based on the initial appearance of the tree, I don't think the fire has killed the tree; however, aesthetic death, when the tree declines to such an extent that it detracts from the landscape and there is little chance of it returning to its full grandeur, may warrant consideration of removal as a result of this act."

An Auburn University spokesman told AL.com a lift would be used to assess the damage to tree's canopy "as early as Monday."

Fans left messages at Toomer's Corner on Sunday.

Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs posted a pair of tweets Sunday morning, saying it was "shocking and sad to wake up to see this fire on one of our Toomers Oaks."

Auburn began allowing fans to roll the new oak trees, which were planted at Toomer's Corner in 2015, at the start of this season after suspending the tradition in 2013 due to the original oaks being poisoned in 2011.

Fans rolled the new trees for the first time following Auburn's win over Arkansas State on Sept. 10.

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Amber Sutton contributed to this report.