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Man Reportedly Tried to Set Himself On Fire

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SCARBOROUGH, Me (WGAN) A strange incident in Scarborough last night.

Around 930 police were called to a Mussey Road business..and found a man with a gun hiding behind a truck.

He fled into a trailer attached to the truck, and reportedly tried to set the trailer…and himself…on fire.

He ran out of the trailer…without the gun.

The man’s at Maine Med getting treatment.

Police are still trying to figure out what charges he will face.

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