Spokane police are looking for a man who doused another man with gasoline and set him on fire Wednesday afternoon in downtown Spokane.

Officers were flagged down shortly before 3 p.m. near the Browne Street viaduct and located a man with significant injuries, police said in a news release. Witnesses reported the suspect walked up, doused the victim with gasoline, set him on fire and left the area.

The victim sustained severe burns to a large part of his body, according to police. He was taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment before being flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The suspect is described as wearing baggy jeans, no shirt and possibly carrying a tan backpack, police said. They did not provide information on his estimated age, race or other identifying detai

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