Pittsburgh Homeless man critical after clothes catch fire

Homeless man critical after clothes catch fire
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A homeless man camped underneath the Veteran's Bridge was taken to the hospital in critical condition last night after suffering burns over 70 to 75 percent of his body, police said.
Firefighters responded to an area not far from where Interstate 279 crosses underneath East Ohio Street on the North Side for a report of a debris fire.
When they arrived on scene a little after 8:30 p.m., they found the man on the ground with most of his clothes stripped off, police said.
The man, who was not identified, was taken to Mercy Hospital.
Authorities believe the man's clothing caught on fire from a burning barrel he was using to keep warm in below-freezing weather.
First published on February 2, 2008 at 12:00 am
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08033/854254-53.stm