Woman sets herself on fire

A WOMAN set herself on fire at a Miami mall on Thursday, then walked around engulfed in flames as shocked shoppers watched, authorities said.

Two men and a woman who tried to help her were hurt, but not badly.

The 43-year-old woman, whose name was not released, doused herself with a flammable liquid at the Mall of the Americas, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita. She had third-degree burns over 75% of her body and was found conscious in a parking lot. Authorities do not know why she set herself on fire.

She was air-lifted to a hospital.

People used two fire extinguishers on the woman, who was on fire for about two-and-a-half minutes. All of her clothes except her underwear disappeared into ashes.