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Florida Man Sets Self on Fire

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Creating burning cross display at the time.

Don’t try this at home. In Palm Bay, Florida, 50-year-old Ron Nielson accidentally lit himself on fire while setting up a display outside his home. After Nielson splashed gasoline onto the display, made up of a circle of candles around a wooden cross, he caught on fire leaving half his body with burns. According to the fire marshal, his display was not properly ventilated, which caused his clothes to catch fire.

Read it at NBC News