Video surfaces of man lighting himself on fire in dangerous backyard incident

A shocking video has surfaced online of a young man recklessly lighting himself on fire in a dangerous backyard incident. VIDEO HERE.

A shocking video has surfaced online of a young man recklessly lighting himself on fire in a dangerous backyard incident.

The video was posted to social media yesterday, Monday, December, 16.

The footage shows two young men recklessly lighting a backyard fire with petrol.

One of the men then catches fire putting himself in serious danger.

Video of man lighting himself on fire. Picture – Instagram.

The men freak out and yell, scream, and swear once the fire starts to spread.

He then jumps the fence and lands in the neighbours pool while on fire.

The video was captioned “Good way to get the fire krankin (sic)”.

“Sunshine Coast has the most candidates for the Darwin Awards,” someone commented.

“If you give old mate some spoons he’d make an absolute knee slapping track,” another added.

Video of man lighting himself on fire. Picture – Instagram

“Stop drop and roll was before its time at school,” someone said.

“Keep that camera rolling,” another said.

“Natural selection at its finest,” somebody added.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said they were unaware of the incident.

Queensland Police has been contacted for comment.

Originally published as Video surfaces of man lighting himself on fire in dangerous backyard incident