Rohnert Park Man Injured After Setting Truck, Himself On Fire

ROHNERT PARK, CA — A man was injured in Rohnert Park on Thursday after reportedly setting a truck and himself on fire.

Officers with the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety responded Thursday at 5:14 p.m. to a report of a vehicle on fire in the Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park.

Officers located the truck and the owner and learned the owner had given another man, identified as Jason Bartlett, 47, of Rohnert Park, a ride to the mobile home park.

When they arrived there, Bartlett told the man to take him to another location, and when the man refused, Bartlett poured an unknown liquid into the interior of the truck and threatened the owner.

The owner still refused, and Bartlett lit a match and set the inside of the truck on fire. The owner jumped out the truck, and it rolled into a pole. Bartlett's clothes also caught fire, and he got out of the truck and ran away with his clothes still on fire.

The owner of the truck and some bystanders were able to put out the fire.

The owner of the truck was not injured during the incident. Police located Bartlett a short time later on a creek path behind the mobile home park.

He was suffering from serious injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment.

Police said an arrest of Bartlett for crimes related to the incident is pending.

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