A 63-year-old man who inexplicably set himself on fire Friday in the lobby of a Lower Manhattan office building has been arrested and charged with arson, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced Saturday.
John Butch is charged with lighting himself on fire with the help of a “lighter accelerant” in the lobby of a building that houses Google on Hudson Street around 3 p.m. Friday, police told news outlets.
Butch has also been charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment, according to the NYPD.
So far, it remains a mystery as to why the man tried to burn himself to death.
After Butch allegedly lit himself up, multiple people…
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