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Man set on fire in New York’s Times Square

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A 45-year-old man was set on fire in Times Square at 4am on Sunday morning .

Police say he was doused with accelerant from a Patron tequila bottle and lit on fire.

The victim then ran 100 ft west while on fire before someone jumped out of a car and doused him with a fire extinguisher.

The attack comes three months after a woman was killed on a subway train in an arson attack.