Fire Set in Suicide Bid Destroys 4 Apartments
A young man who tried unsuccessfully to kill himself by drinking a household bug killer set a fire in his apartment that gutted four other apartments in the building, officials said Wednesday.
The fire raced through two levels of a three-story, wood frame building in the city’s Mission District, causing an estimated $225,000 damage and leaving several residents of the building homeless, fire investigator Joe Daly said.
The unidentified man was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with third-degree burns to his legs and arms, but his serious condition was mainly due to effects from the substance he ingested, officials said.
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