Got to the TomoNews website for the full video: http://bit.ly/1DCw9AC<br /><br />A 22-year-old guy set himself on fire accidentally at an empty Brooklyn storefront Tuesday as he attempted to dry tobacco leaves for a hookah bar he was planning to open.<br /><br />Neighbors said the man may have been using acetone and coconut oil while drying tobacco leaves and preparing his hookah. <br /><br />The chemical fumes could have ignited due to the pilot light in the basement’s water heater, the neighbors are speculating. <br /><br />Just before 1:40 p.m., a small explosion occurred in the basement of the empty store. That’s when video captured the man running across the street from the McDonald Ave. address under the F line near 18th Ave. in Borough Park with his shirts and pants still on fire. <br /><br />Still on fire, the man crosses the road and almost runs into a woman on the sidewalk, but then continues on down the street. A man yelled at him to “stop, drop and roll” while some of his neighbors came up with fire extinguishers to put the flames out. <br /><br />The man was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition Tuesday afternoon. He was then transferred to Cornell Hospital burn unit for more treatment. <br /><br />Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire.
