Story out of Santa Rosa, California:
A woman who was going to be evicted next month started a fire at a 4-unit apartment building in Santa Rosa Sunday afternoon by lighting herself on fire, a Central Fire Authority fire inspector said.
Melissa McMullin, 44, barricaded the bedroom door, poured the gas on her bed, herself and the bedroom of her apartment and lit it with a lighter around 5:30 p.m., Fire Inspector Cyndi Foreman said.
McMullin then tried to escape through a bedroom window of her home at 199 Barbara Drive, but one of her sons, who was next door, kicked the door in and dragged her outside, Foreman said.
McMullin suffered third-degree burns on her arms and feet and was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
“She was feeling desperate. She didn’t want to live. I’ve never seen someone try to commit suicide by lighting themselves on fire,” Foreman said. “It’s a very tragic story.” Cont.
Story from - CBS SF Bay Area
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