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Sleeping Homeless Woman Set on Fire Outside L.A. Drug Store

By Ted Chen and Jonathan Lloyd, NBC Los Angeles

Sleeping Homeless Woman Set on Fire Outside L.A. Drug Store

December 27, 2012 Updated Dec 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM PDT

A woman sleeping on a street bench outside a drug store was doused with an accelerant and set on fire early Thursday morning in Van Nuys, a district of Los Angeles.

Witnesses told police that a man poured liquid -- possibly a beverage containing alcohol -- on the sleeping woman at about 1 a.m. outside a Walgreens store near Van Nuys Boulevard and Sherman Way. He lit a match and ran from the location, witnesses told police.

The woman, who is in her 60s, was hospitalized in critical condition. The victim will likely be transported to a Sherman Oaks burn center for treatment, police said.

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