A man died of severe burns about his body yesterday after he accidentally set himself on fire, by falling asleep with a lit cigarette at his Ogle, East Coast Demerara home.
Dead is Michael “Mikey” Figueira, 44, who suffered major burns about his body and died, around 10 pm, while receiving medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
According to a neighbour, who assisted in rescuing Figueira, smoke was