Posted by Nick Provenza
The Peninsula Daily News posts a story this morning involving men playing a game of tag in which they squirt themselves with lighter fluid and then light the clothing of the person who is "it."
The tagged person beats the flames out before "tagging" another person.
The obviously mindless game sent an unidentified man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to be treated for serious injuries, said Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Jon Bugher.
Volunteer paramedics and emergency medical technicians were called to an area about 2 miles east of Port Angeles about 8 p.m. Monday, said Bugher.
He declined to name the person who was burned, give his age, or say exactly where he was when he was burned. The man's condition wasn't available.
Bugher said he was told by people at the residence that lighter tag is a new fad, but this is the first incident he has heard of in Clallam County.
"It sure scared us," he said.
Although Clallam County sheriff's deputies weren't called to investigate, Sheriff Bill Benedict said he will look into the incident to see if criminal charges would be appropriate.
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