New Year’s Eve, Monticello fire department and Monticello police department responded to the call of a man on fire, on the 1000 area of Shelton Street.

Sources from the scene report that a man was throwing accelerants onto a burn barrel fire, when they ignited and caught his clothes on fire.

SEEMS responded and transported the burn victim to Baptist Drew. It is not believed that his injuries were life-threatening.

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