Man Found Seriously Burned At NYC’s Penn Station Less Than A Week After Woman Was Set On Fire

A 67-year-old man was discovered with severe burns at New York City’s Penn Station on Friday night. The incident comes just a week after a woman was burned alive while sleeping on a city subway car.

According to the NYPD, a 67-year-old man was on fire around 8 p.m. Friday near New Jersey Transit tracks 11 and 12. The victim had suffered burns to his legs and parts of his upper body.

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He was transported to an area with injuries described as “severe” and his last listed condition was “critical.”

According to a report from NBC 4 New York, the man appeared to be homeless, while preliminary investigations indicate that the man is not believed to have set himself on fire. Police have not made any arrests and are currently investigating the incident.

NYC: Reports of a "person set on fire" at the Penn Station around 8pm this evening. It is currently unconfirmed if there was any criminality. Person sustained moderate injuries and police is investigating the incident.

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The incident comes less than a week after a sleeping woman was set on fire while riding a city subway line in Brooklyn. Disturbing footage of the incident showed the woman completely engulfed in flames while onlookers opted not to intervene. She did not survive.

On Friday, a Guatemalan national was indicted and accused of intentionally setting the woman on fire. Prosecutors have alleged that  Sebastian Zapeta fanned the flames with a shirt before watching the woman burn from a platform bench.

Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the woman’s body severely burned. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Efforts to identify her are ongoing, and authorities have turned to advanced DNA analysis to confirm her identity as reported by The Associated Press. Investigators believe she may have been homeless.

Zapeta had previously been deported from the United States in 2018 but reentered the country illegally.

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