Man started fire in his car to stay warm

Yesterday morning, a man from from Marstons Mills, Massachusetts walked into the Hyannis Fire Department to get help with burns from starting a fire inside his car to keep warm.

24-year-old Patrick Larue walked into the station at 4:40 a.m. and told firefighters that he had burned himself after setting a fire inside his vehicle.

Lt. Roger Cadrin of the fire department said Larue was parked in his rental car while talking on his cellphone at Stevens Street and North Street . After his car ran out of gas, Larue started a small fire inside the car to stay warm, but when he began to feel dizzy he extinguished the fire.

Firefighters who later arrived on the scene said the car was "heavily damaged."

Larue has been taken to Cape Cod Hospital to be treated for burns and smoke inhalation.