Posted on 10/28/2002 12:34:20 PM PST by chance33_98
Man sets himself afire during domestic disturbance
BATH (AP) -- Bath police say a 50-year-old man survived setting himself afire with lighter fluid during a domestic dispute.
Patrol officer Corey Fleming is being credited with saving the life of Leon Charland with a fire extinguisher.
Fire Chief Steve Hinds says Charland suffered second- and third-degree burns on about 80 percent of his body. Charland is taken to the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he's in critical condition.
The incident unfolded last night when a teenager called police to report that his mother's boyfriend was threatening to set himself on fire.
Sgt. Jeffrey Shiers says he arrived on the scene and noticed a "glow" coming from the living room and then the victim came out on fire. Fleming used a fire extinguisher from his police cruiser to douse the flames.
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