21 Sep 2014

Man set alight in critical condition

3:02 pm on 21 September 2014

A man who doused himself in petrol and set himself alight in Tauranga yesterday is now in a critical condition in hospital.

Emergency services were called to the corner of Cameron Road and Eleventh Avenue yesterday afternoon.

Police say the man was badly burned.

He has since been transferred to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital where he is in intensive care.

Police are investigating the incident.