Man sets himself on fire at University of California-Berkeley, police investigating

A man set himself on fire on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon, according to campus police.

The University of California Police Department (UCPD) said they received a call at roughly 4:17 p.m. about a person who was on fire.

The reported self-immolation took place on Sproul Plaza, the center of the campus.

The man reportedly sustained critical burns and was transported to a local hospital by Berkeley Fire Department officials. A female bystander who attempted to help him sustained unknown injuries.

An eyewitness said that the man's clothing was completely burned off, according to The Berkeley Scanner. The burned man was reportedly yelling and moaning.

Bystanders attempted to put the fire out by fanning their jackets on the man, who was eventually assisted by police officers and firefighters.

UCPD said in a statement to Fox News Digital that mental health professionals were on the scene.

Man sets himself on fire at University of California-Berkeley, police investigating

A man reportedly set himself on fire in Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley. The man was critically injured and taken to a hospital as police investigate the situation.

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Video of self-immolation: https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1631122038051012608?s=42

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[Agamemnon Busmalis]

UCPD said in a statement to Fox News Digital that mental health professionals were on the scene.

Glad they emphasized the important people here. I'm sure the guy with third-degree burns wants to chat with a social worker.

 

[Maratus volans]

Was this a student or a homeless guy? The area around campus is crawling with druggies and schizophrenics.

EDIT: Watching the video, it was definitely a homeless guy. Also, fuck all the bystanders just standing there watching him dance around in flames.

 

[William Tyndale]

Was this a student or a homeless guy? The area around campus is crawling with druggies and schizophrenics.

No details yet.

 

[Troonos]

Praying it's a tranny and he's not only dead but also misgendered by the journoscum.

 

[Chilson]

Was this a student or a homeless guy? The area around campus is crawling with druggies and schizophrenics.

EDIT: Watching the video, it was definitely a homeless guy. Also, fuck all the bystanders just standing there watching him dance around in flames.

Admittedly, I wouldn't be exactly jumping at the chance to get near a guy on fire.

 

[Meat Target]

Kiwi Farms made him do it.

 

[W00K #17]

Clearly Berkeley is transphobic.

 

[SuperShibuyaFighter]

"Man sets himself on fire-"​

"at University of California"​

 

[Town Drunk]

I've always found this morbidly hilarious. I'm going to kill myself in one of the worst ways imaginable to protest people who I claim hate me. You're just doing their job for free.

 

[Vic Viper T301]

I've always found this morbidly hilarious. I'm going to kill myself in one of the worst ways imaginable to protest people who I claim hate me. You're just doing their job for free.

If the best revenge is living well, what is this?

 

[RACISM]

If the best revenge is living well, what is this?

Obvious case of Kundalini meditation gone wrong.

I'm only half joking, it shows up as an interest in a surprising number of spontaneous combustion cases. Mysterious Universe did a show on it once.

 

[Frostnipped Todger]

Poor cunt probably just realised that he lived in California.

 

[Schwarzwald]

Was this a student or a homeless guy? The area around campus is crawling with druggies and schizophrenics.

EDIT: Watching the video, it was definitely a homeless guy. Also, fuck all the bystanders just standing there watching him dance around in flames.

Deeply unfortunate.

The homeless contribute a great deal more to society than Cal students.

 

[Cyborg Braphog]

If his clothes burnt off completely he's fucking dead.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Was this a student or a homeless guy? The area around campus is crawling with druggies and schizophrenics.

EDIT: Watching the video, it was definitely a homeless guy. Also, fuck all the bystanders just standing there watching him dance around in flames.

Props to the girl dramatically throwing the jacket

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

Watching the video, it was definitely a homeless guy. Also, fuck all the bystanders just standing there watching him dance around in flames.

Bystander effect on full display, if your even in a situation where you have to help someone like a collapse or the gods forbid something like this you don't shout generally for help you wont get it - you have to point and tell people to do something i.e. "YOU and YOU CALL THE AMBULANCE" "YOU GO AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE TRAINED IN FIRST AID IN THAT SHOP" it breaks them out of the shock and re-focusing on doing something.

 

[Thiletonomics]

So will Hogwarts Legacy be to blame for this self-immolation attempt, just like many other events?

 

[KiwiFuzz]

Newsom broke up a Peoples Park thing a couple days ago. Might be related to that.

 

[heathercho]

Bystander effect on full display, if your even in a situation where you have to help someone like a collapse or the gods forbid something like this you don't shout generally for help you wont get it - you have to point and tell people to do something i.e. "YOU and YOU CALL THE AMBULANCE" "YOU GO AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE TRAINED IN FIRST AID IN THAT SHOP" it breaks them out of the shock and re-focusing on doing something.

I don't know, setting yourself on fire is like.... I wouldn't want to get close, who knows what drugs hes on or how crazy he is. He could set you on fire for helping.