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San Francisco homeless man dies after being lit on fire while sleeping

By Luke Gentile
Published October 14, 2021 9:04pm ET
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San Francisco homeless man dies after being lit on fire while sleeping
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2016 file photo, a man stands outside his tent on Division Street in San Francisco. San Francisco voters will decide in November 2018 whether to tax large businesses to pay for homeless and housing services in a city struggling with income inequality. Supporters collected enough signatures to get the measure on the ballot. | (Eric Risberg/AP)

A homeless man in San Francisco died of his injuries after he was set on fire while in his sleeping bag, authorities said Wednesday.

The unnamed man, 43, claimed he was asleep in the city’s Mission District Friday when his sleeping bag was lit on fire, police said.

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