A homeless man is recovering from burns to his legs and upper body after he claimed an unknown assailant set him on fire while he was sleeping at Penn Station in New York City, police and law enforcement officials said.
First responders arrived at the main train station around 7:50 p.m. Friday after police received a report of a person. burning In the commuter passage, new york post reported.
The victim, identified by authorities as a 67-year-old homeless man, suffered “burns to both legs and upper body” and was taken to hospital in “stable condition,” the paper said.
Law enforcement sources told The Post that the man believed someone set him on fire while he was sleeping, but police are not yet certain whether a crime was a factor in starting the fire. do not have.
There are no surveillance cameras in the area where the victim was found, but a search is being conducted near New Jersey Department of Transportation tracks 1 through 12.
“This is exactly how I come to the office every day,” one commuter told the Post, noting that he often sees homeless people sleeping in the dimly lit hallways of Penn Station.
The incident comes just days after a woman was killed when a train burst into flames while she was sleeping on the Brooklyn subway. Guatemalan illegal immigrationBreitbart News reported.
Journalist Nick Souter condemned New York's recent transit fire attacks in the X-Post.
“In just over a week, someone has set fire to a train station again in New York?? This has to end,” he wrote. “Penn Station is known as one of the major hubs for importing illegal immigrants into New York City and is one of the busiest stations in the area.”
