TOPEKA, Kan. — A man was seriously injured when he caught on fire in the bathroom of a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Kansas on Saturday night, authorities said.
According to Gretchen Spiker, spokesperson for Topeka’s city government, firefighters were called about 8:15 p.m. CST, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
“Upon arrival, firefighters located an adult male on fire in a bathroom,” Spiker told the newspaper in a statement. “TFD personnel immediately worked to get the fire out, and rendered aid to the involved individual.”
Topeka firefighters responded late Saturday to a man on fire in a restroom at Walmart Neighborhood Market, 335 S.W. MacVicar Ave. He was badly hurt. https://t.co/INgog7CIhH
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Officials have not identified the name or age of the victim.
No one else was injured, Spiker told the Capital-Journal.
The cause of the fire and the circumstances surrounding it are under investigation, WIWB-TV reported.
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