One person was injured early Tuesday when a pickup truck caught on fire in front of a Revere home.
The incident happened just before 9 a.m. on North Shore Road.
“I heard a guy screaming for help, and I went outside my door, he was on fire," resident Danee Mathieson said.
A roofer who had been working on the home was suddenly covered in fire. The victim was able to rip off his clothes and put out the flames. He suffered burns on 50 to 60 percent of his body, fire officials said.
“We had a gentleman here working on the house and apparently he was trying to heat up some PVC glue with a torch and it flashed on him,” Revere Fire Department Deputy Chief Sean Manion said.
The roofer was rushed to a hospital as crews worked to extinguish the flames that spread to the man’s truck and the home.
"We were afraid the car was going to explode,” Mathieson said.