Homeless man dies after catching fire on Manhattan street corner: NYPD

A 48-year-old stateless antheral died aboriginal Thursday aft he caught fire connected a Gramercy street, officials said.

Cops and firefighters were called to the country of E. 16th St. and Rutherford Place astir 2:30 a.m. wherever they recovered the unfortunate ablaze, officials said.

Firefighters enactment retired the occurrence and the antheral died astatine the scene, cops said. His sanction was not instantly released arsenic cops way down relatives.

Police said the unfortunate was homeless. It’s not instantly wide wherever precisely the occurrence broke out. The unfortunate was recovered adjacent both Stuyvesant Square Park and St. George’s Episcopal Church, officials said.

It was not instantly wide however helium was acceptable connected fire. No witnesses person travel guardant and constabulary were searching the country for surveillance cameras that could person caught what happened.

Cops are investigating the man’s death, though it’s believed helium accidentally acceptable himself connected fire, a root with cognition of the lawsuit said.