Man burned in hash oil accident in Santa Cruz
UPDATE: 10/11/2018 A man suffered serious burns Wednesday after accidentally setting himself on fire outside a downtown Santa Cruz movie theater.
Santa Cruz police say it happened at the corner of Pacific and Cooper, and the man was apparently handling hash oil at the time.
An employee from the movie theater used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
The victim, a man in his late 40s, suffered serious burns to a small part of his body and was taken to a Bay Area hospital.
Santa Cruz police are still investigating this case as an accident.
No further details at this time.
