Man's Clothes Catch On Fire While Burning Debris: Officials

ODENTON, MD — A 62-year-old man suffered critical, life-threatening injuries after being burned while pouring an accelerant into a 50-gallon drum behind his home at 536 Saltoun Ave. where he was burning debris. The incident occurred Feb. 16 shortly after 8:30 a.m.

According to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, when the man doused the fire with the accelerant, the fuel's vapors ignited from the barrel back to the man and caught his clothes on fire. The man was flown by state medevac helicopter to the burn center at John Hopkins Bayview Hospital.