Man Suffers Severe Burns Trying To Kill Lice
Man Is In UW Burn Unit
Posted: 8:26 a.m. CDT September 30, 2002Updated: 3:44 p.m. CDT September 30, 2002
MADISON, Wis. -- A man is listed in critical condition after trying to kill his head lice Saturday night, police said.
The 26-year-old doused a towel with rubbing alcohol, put it on his head and then lit a cigarette, police said. The towel caught fire and engulfed the man. He suffered burns on about 50 percent of his body, police said.
He was renting a room with a friend at King's Inn Motel on the West Beltline, police said.
He is in the burn unit with second- and third-degree burns.
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