MARCH 21, 2015
PITTSBURGH, PA (AP)
A critically burned homeless man ran down a Pittsburgh
street covered in flames after police say a cigarette lighter exploded and
burned half his body.
Police say passers-by called 911 after seeing the burning
man on a street in the city's Uptown section around 1 a.m. Friday. Brush near
an Interstate 579 ramp also caught fire.
Police, firefighters and paramedics found the man about a
half-hour later on a bench near UPMC Mercy a few blocks away.
He's hospitalized there with second and third-degree burns
on his leg, arm, upper back and head.
Police did not immediately release the man's name or age.
Source: pittsburghgazette.com