Posted on 08/04/2003 10:10:48 AM PDT by bedolido
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Palo Alto police were trying to determine why a 32-year-old man apparently set himself ablaze early Sunday in a pre-dawn fire that he extinguished himself in the front yard of his house, with his own garden hose.
The man, whom police would not identify, was being treated for severe burns at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose. He also was undergoing psychological evaluation, said Palo Alto police Lt. Jon Hernandez.
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