<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-york" rel="" target="" title="New York City"><span>New York City</span></a><span> are searching for a person they say set a man on fire near Times Square shortly before 4 am Sunday morning near West 41st Street and 7th Avenue.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers spotted the 45-year-old victim and extinguished the flames. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, police said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-shot-while-riding-bicycle-cranebrook-sydney/5b51ae31-e997-4a27-baa4-277faef37d1b"><strong><span>Man shot while riding bicycle in Sydney overnight</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Law enforcement officials say they believe the victim, who they have not named, knows the man who set him on fire. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They declined to comment further, saying the case remains under investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Video and images from the scene show the victim walking along the sidewalk shirtless and accompanied by firefighters after the flames were put out. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/police-are-seeking-person-who-set-a-man-on-fire-near-times-square/8d195212-cae3-4282-9aaa-20db94503395" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage of the man being treated in an ambulance showed burns to his face, neck, chest and arms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/north-macedonia-nightclub-fire-dozens-killed-in-massive-fire-in-kocani/f10d5a4a-0263-4861-92c0-e2e028045d77"><strong><span>'Burnt beyond recognition': 15 arrested over deadly club fire</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In December, Debrina Kawam, 57, of New Jersey, died after being set on fire in a New York subway train. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sebastian Zapeta, 33, has pleaded not guilty to murder and arson charges in the December 22 killing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors say Zapeta set fire to Kawam while she was sleeping aboard a train stopped at a station in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, then fanned the flames with a shirt and watched her burn from a subway station bench.</span></div></div>