A To­ba­go man is fight­ing for his life at the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, suf­fer­ing from first-de­gree burns, af­ter be­ing found on fire on Tues­day. Be­cause of his crit­i­cal con­di­tion, po­lice said he was un­able to tell them who or what set him ablaze.

Around 5.20 am, 41-year-old De­shawn Melville, who is from Ma­son Hall, was seen on fire near Third Street, Kil­gwyn Bay Road, Bon Ac­cord. Wit­ness­es said he was jump­ing around, try­ing to put out the flames. He was rushed to the hos­pi­tal in se­vere pain with life-threat­en­ing burns and re­mains in crit­i­cal con­di­tion.

A short video on so­cial me­dia shows Melville ly­ing on a step groan­ing in agony as two peo­ple at­tempt to calm him while wait­ing for an am­bu­lance to ar­rive. His up­per and low­er body was burnt and, in some parts, there was peel­ing and bruis­ing.

The po­lice are ask­ing any­one with in­for­ma­tion to come for­ward.