Man Who Set Himself On Fire At Van Nuys Starbucks Identified
VAN NUYS (CBSLA.com) — A man who died after setting himself on fire in the restroom of a Starbucks in Van Nuys was identified Friday.
Firefighters sent to the coffee shop at 15355 W. Sherman Way at 8:18 a.m. Tuesday took the man to a hospital for treatment of burns that covered about 90 percent of his body, and he died the following night, Los Angeles Fire spokesman Erik Scott said.
He was identified Friday as Brian Glanz, 57, of Van Nuys, and his death was classified as a suicide, coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said.
According to Scott, shortly after Glanz entered the restroom, "bystanders heard an explosive sound in the area, and the patient staggered from the bathroom engulfed in flames, and collapsed near the front entrance."
Customers helped put out the fire, Scott said.
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