{"id":195269,"date":"2023-10-26T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195269"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:06:07","slug":"man-fights-for-life-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/man-fights-for-life-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"Man fights for life after &apos;setting himself on fire&apos; outside McDonald&apos;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Man in his 40s is fighting for life after &#8216;setting himself on fire&#8217; outside McDonald&#8217;s<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medics called to Walton, Liverpool eatery after man suffers &#8216;serious burns&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man is said to be fighting for his life after reportedly setting himself on fire outside a McDonalds in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the fast food restaurant in Walton at 5.30am today following reports of a man requiring urgent medical attention for serious burns.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses speaking to the Liverpool Echo\u00a0say that the man &#8216;set himself on fire&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to hospital where police say he remains in a &#8216;critical&#8217; condition; a cordon has been established outside the eatery, behind which police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue vehicles are parked.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have been seen speaking to McDonalds staff and taking photographs of the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/10\/77025091-0-image-a-38_1698312493725.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police outside the McDonalds in Walton, Liverpool on Thursday where a man reportedly set himself on fire<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/10\/77025657-12674915-image-a-41_1698313444461.jpg\" height=\"478\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Emergency vehicles &#8211; including a 4&#215;4 belonging to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service &#8211; sit behind the cordon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/10\/77025915-12674915-image-a-45_1698314044081.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Officers behind the cordon at the McDonalds where a man reportedly set himself on fire<\/p>\n<p>Another area of the car park for the drive-through restaurant has been taped off, while a &#8216;scientific support unit&#8217; forensics van is parked nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: &#8216;We received a report of a concern for safety of a man in Walton this morning, Thursday 26 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At around 5.50am it was reported a man, aged in his 40s, needed urgent medical attention for serious burns injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Emergency services attended and he has been taken to hospital where he remains in a critical condition. An investigation is ongoing and a cordon remains in place at the scene.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service told the Echo: &#8216;[We] attended an incident on Queens Drive, Walton, on the morning of Thursday 26th October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Crews were alerted at 5.34am and one fire engine was on scene to assist Merseyside Police at 5.40am. We left the scene at 06.49am.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted McDonalds for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12674915\/Man-fighting-life-setting-fire-outside-McDonalds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man in his 40s is fighting for life after &#8216;setting himself on fire&#8217; outside McDonald&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":195268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man fights for life after &amp;apos;setting himself on fire&amp;apos; outside McDonald&amp;apos;s - Tokens Talk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/man-fights-for-life-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-mcdonalds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man fights for life after &amp;apos;setting himself on fire&amp;apos; 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