Man Severely Burned By Gas In Concord Disturbance: Police

CONCORD, CA — A man suffered severe burns after some gas he spilled on himself was lit during a disturbance Thursday afternoon in Concord, police said. Firefighters responded to a medical call at 2:21 p.m. in the 1100 block of Meadow Lane.

Police spokesman Cpl. David Petty said a 39-year-old man "was a party to a disturbance and inadvertently spilt gas on himself.

"The gas was subsequently lit and ignited and he suffered some severe, non-life-threatening burns," Petty said.

The man was flown to the burn center at the University of California at Davis.

Petty said there's no indication this was an act of protest and it was not being investigated as arson as of Thursday afternoon.

— Bay City News Service