PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fire officials say a man who apparently doused himself with gasoline and lit himself on fire in downtown Portland has died.
Portland Fire Bureau Lt. Damon Simmons said Wednesday evening the unidentified man died at Emanuel Hospital and Health Center.
Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday to find a man with serious burns. Simmons says police and bystanders apparently extinguished the flames.
Witnesses told KATU-TV the man was screaming about the treatment of animals as flames engulfed his body.
Police and fire officials are investigating the case.
