Neighbors reported to police seeing the man in his backyard fully engulfed in flames. He was also seen with an accelerate and ignition before the accident.
Police and Firefighters responded to an Upper Saddle River home Thursday where a man may have set himself on fire. UPPER SADDLE RIVER -- A man was airlifted to the hospital Thursday with severe burns over his body in what police are investigating as possibly an intentional act.
Officers responded to a home in the northeast section of town just after 3 p.m. Thursday for reports of a man with severe burns throughout his body, said police.
At the scene police found a 55-year-old man with severe burns on his head, face, chest, arms and legs.
The Upper Saddle River Valley Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene. Hackensack Airmed One was called and the unidentified man was airlifted to Saint Barnabas Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, said police.
Officers are withholding the man's name pending notification of next of kin.
Neighbors told police they saw the man in his backyard fully engulfed in flames. He was also seen with an accelerate and ignition before the accident, police said.
Police said it appears the man tried to hurt himself and the incident is being investigated as an intentional act.
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