Gasoline Fumes Catch Fire, Burning Man In East Side Garage

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By: Alex Mazer, Multimedia Content Producer - email

COLUMBUS, Ohio -

A Columbus man was burned his clothes caught fire while he was pouring gasoline in his garage Friday afternoon.

Columbus medic personnel were called to a garage on Ohio Avenue on a report of a person burned Friday afternoon.

According to officials on scene, the man was pouring gasoline when the fumes caught fire from a burning kerosene heater nearby.

The injured man has been taken to the Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University.

No other information was immediately available.

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