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Uplengen (dpa / lni) - A man suffered severe burns in a fire accident in his apartment in the Leer district.

According to initial findings, he tried to heat a fireplace in his apartment in Uplengen with alcohol on Sunday evening.

"The fire accelerator probably caused a flash of fire and a small deflagration, in which the man suffered burns on his face and upper body," said the fire brigade.

A rescue helicopter took the man to a special clinic in Groningen.

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