Friday, April 21, 2006

Man sets self ablaze using chainsaw to open gas tank

An Ottawa man is in serious condition and was airlifted to a burns unit after accidentally setting himself on fire yesterday morning while trying to cut open a gas tank with a chainsaw.

He drove himself about 100 meters across the road to a farmhouse where a startled female resident called 911. Paramedics treated him for second- and third-degree burns to his face, head, chest, back, arms and legs.

Otherwise he's fine.

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