Man set on fire in Times Square as police launch hunt for arsonist - Manhunt ongoing for arsonist after man left badly burned at famous New York landmark

An attacker threw a flammable substance on the victim just before 4 a.m. at W. 41th St. and Seventh Ave., then lit him on fire, cops said.

A man suffered severe facial burns after being "set on fire" in a shocking arson attack in New York’s Times Square early Sunday morning.

Police said an attacker threw a substance on a man and lit him on fire early Sunday at West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue.

Video footage from the scene captured the moments the man, severely burned, was rushed by authorities into an ambulance after the flames were extinguished.

The cops were called to 41st Street and 7th Avenue at approximately 3:55 a.m. after reports of a man who was set on fire by a man who approached him and threw liquid on him. When

A man was hospitalized with burns across his face after being set on fire in a horrific Times Square arson attack early on Sunday morning. Police sources reported that officers assigned to the Midtown South Precinct just happened to be in the right place at the right time when they turned on 41st Street