Updated, 10:44 p.m. Monday to correct address of gas station.
A man reportedly set himself on fire at the Sunoco at 2150 Centreville Rd. in Herndon on Monday afternoon.
WJLA-TV reports the man, age 50, bought 56 cents worth of gas and then set himself on fire at the gas station near Kohl’s department store. More than a dozen witnesses tried to put the fire out, another witness said.
He was airlifted to Medstar Washington Hospital Center. The man had burns on 80 percent of his body and was pronounced dead at the hospital, reports WJLA.
The man has not been identified.
Man sets himself on fire outside Herndon gas station. http://t.co/tI0zJa2c4X http://t.co/mox81kaYBW
— Van Applegate (@VBagate) October 12, 2015
Witnesses like Adil Ahniche were horrified by the scene this afternoon at a #Herndon Sunoco @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/Wzlw0C3q0V — Van Applegate (@VBagate) October 12, 2015
Items at the scene, including the water bottles used by bystanders attempting to put the flames out, and the gas can. pic.twitter.com/HhV8CemzKA
— Van Applegate (@VBagate) October 12, 2015
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