By Associated Press - Saturday, June 16, 2018

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A Rochester man has survived being set on fire.

Police say the 23-year-old was standing outside a home around 1 a.m. Saturday when someone threw liquid on his clothes and lit them ablaze.

They say the man quickly dropped to the ground and rolled around to extinguish the flames.



He was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.

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