A 38-year-old man suffered second- and third-degree burns after trying to light a cigarette next to a car being refuelled at a petrol station in Larnaca district, police said.
According to police, a 32-year-old Greek Cypriot man and a 38-year-old Anglo-Cypriot man went to the petrol station in a Larnaca district community at around midnight.
The 32-year-old was refuelling his vehicle when the 38-year-old approached him with an unlit cigarette in his mouth and tried to light it with a lighter, causing a fire.
Other people at the scene put out the flames, while both men were taken to Larnaca A&E.
The 32-year-old was treated and discharged with minor burns. The 38-year-old was kept in hospital with second- and third-degree burns, particularly to his lower limbs.
Kofinou police are investigating the incident as a case of negligent and reckless acts.
