Times staff
Thursday, October 21, 2010
TAMPA — A man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Wednesday night after lighting himself on fire in his front yard, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said.
The 41-year-old man covered himself with gasoline in the 9700 block of Popular Street, near Westchase, and ignited himself, according to the Sheriff' Office.
A family member doused the flames with water. Paramedics took the man to Tampa General Hospital with burns on 50 percent of his body.
Deputies did not release the man's name.