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Philadelphia Police Searching For Man Who Accidentally Set Himself On Fire After Pouring Flammable Liquid On Hedges

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police are searching for a man who set property and himself on fire. It happened on June 19, just after midnight on the 11,000 block of Knights Road.

Investigators say a man in a black jacket poured a flammable liquid on hedges next to a house.

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After he set the hedges on fire, he also caught on fire.

Police say he then ran into a car and left the scene.

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