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A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire early Tuesday morning in Seattle's University District, with police responding to the scene at 3:10 a.m.

Officers found the man engulfed in flames and running through an alleyway; they used a fire extinguisher to put out the fire after he collapsed.

Video footage showed the man had fallen asleep next to a makeshift fire, which spread to his clothing; he was treated by the Seattle Fire Department and transported to Harborview Medical Center with second-degree burns.

SEATTLE - A man is in critical condition after seemingly setting himself on fire early Monday morning in Seattle's University District.

Officers were called around 3:10 a.m. to Brooklyn Ave NE and NE 45th St, after hearing reports of a man on fire. The

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