Man catches fire in bathroom of Walmart Neighborhood Market in Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. — A man was seriously injured when he caught on fire in the bathroom of a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Kansas on Saturday night, authorities said.

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According to Gretchen Spiker, spokesperson for Topeka’s city government, firefighters were called about 8:15 p.m. CST, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

“Upon arrival, firefighters located an adult male on fire in a bathroom,” Spiker told the newspaper in a statement. “TFD personnel immediately worked to get the fire out, and rendered aid to the involved individual.”

Officials have not identified the name or age of the victim.

No one else was injured, Spiker told the Capital-Journal.

The cause of the fire and the circumstances surrounding it are under investigation, WIWB-TV reported.

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