News flash: Flaming man discovered in San Francisco

The words “flaming man in San Francisco” usually aren’t considered newsworthy. But in this particular case, it’s not quite what you may be thinking because it involves actual flames.

CBS San Fransisco has the red hot story:

A man was hospitalized Wednesday evening with life-threatening, third-degree burns after somehow catching fire inside a San Francisco porn store, authorities told CBS 5.

The fire occurred at the Golden Gate Adult Superstore at 99 Sixth Street, near the intersection with Mission Street, in the city’s South of Market neighborhood around 6:20 p.m.

Police officers across the street from the porn shop saw a man run out the front door of the store “engulfed in flames,” SFPD Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.

Some firefighters who happened to be about a block away at the time were immediately summoned and extinguished the flames.

Arson investigators said it was not exactly clear how the man caught fire. Police indicated he had apparently been watching videos in a private booth at the adult arcade when the fire ignited.

To summarize: The guy’s watching porn in a private booth. Friction of one sort or another cause him to spontaneously combust. He rushes from the store.

Authorities may be puzzled as to the cause, but we’re not. This was clearly a case of premature evacuation.

And, yes, we know exactly how much of a stretch that was.

– Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com

Source: CBS San Francisco