Man, 56, burned inside NYC’s Penn Station — cops probing cause of injuries
A man was burned inside Manhattan’s Penn Station on Friday night and investigators are probing what caused his injuries, authorities said.
First responders swarmed the major transit hub around 7:50 p.m. after MTA police received a report of a man on fire at the station, according to police.
MTA cops discovered a 56-year-old man with burn injuries to both legs and upper body, the NYPD said.
He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
It’s unclear how he sustained the burns.
Hours later, state troopers and FDNY investigators were focusing on a New Jersey Transit tunnel near tracks 1-12.
The tunnel was cordoned off by police tape as authorities concentrated on what appeared to be scraps of white clothing scattered on the ground.
Friday night’s incident comes less than a week after a sleeping woman was set on fire and killed on the F train in Brooklyn, allegedly by a Guatemalan migrant who had been deported in 2018.
