A man died on Friday after setting himself on fire in the bathroom of a Wendy's at 13525 Woodward Ave. near the Davison freeway in Highland Park, WWJ reports.
City spokesperson Marli Blackmon tells the radio station that the man entered the bathroom of the fast food restaurant and came out engulfed in flames. Employees called 911, Fire Chief Kevin Coney says, and doused him with water.
“‘Help!’ That was all he could say at the time,” Coney told WWJ’s Sandra McNeill. “He was calling for help and they went back there to try to assist him. But being fully engulfed in flames…there’s nothing too much nobody can do but try to put water on him.”
After firefighters extinguished the fire, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s unclear if he intentionally or accidentally set himself on fire.
A grief counselor spoke with helping employees.
