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JI7

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Tue Jan 20, 2015, 05:20 AM Jan 2015

Homeless Man Set on Fire While Sleeping at Beach

the man is expected to survive . still looking for suspects .

<Three male suspects lit a homeless man on fire while he was asleep in his sleeping bag at Ventura Beach.

A Good Samaritan spotted the 5 to 6 feet flames at about 11 p.m. Saturday at the end of South Seaward Avenue in the Pierpont neighborhood of Ventura. The Good Samaritan put out the fire with sand before calling 911.

The three suspects had allegedly poured lighter fluid on 58-year-old John Frazier and his belongings.

"Three males that might have been involved in it actually used lighter fluid to pour on the victim's sleeping bag and other items that were near him and set it on fire," Ventura Police Commander Thom Higgins said. >

http://abc7.com/news/homeless-man-set-on-fire-while-sleeping-at-ventura-beach/480692/

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