A disabled man in his 50s set himself on fire Sunday at a bus stop in Yahud, in central Israel.
He was rushed to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in serious condition. Medical sources said he was suffering from burns over more than 80% of his body.
According to available details, people who were standing near the man were able to extinguish the flames.
An Magen David Adom spokesman said that, "We received a call about a man who set himself on fire at around 11:55 am. Paramedics scrambled to the scene found a man, lying on the ground, with apparent burns over 80% of his body. He was treated on site and then rushed to hospital."
Medical sources said that the man was in a drug-induced coma and on respiratory support.
On Friday, Moshe Silman, the protestor who set himself on fire during a Tel Aviv social justice rally, died of his injuries.
Silman, 57, suffered third-degree burns over 95% of his body. He was hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, which houses Israel\’s most advanced burn unit, where doctors fought for six days to save his life.