Alcohol and cigarettes

EASTAMPTON -- A 47-year-old township man sustained severe burns to his legs
and groin areas Wednesday night when he accidently ignited rubbing alcohol he
was applying to his body with a cigarette that fell into his lap, a township
police clerk said.
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Joseph Russell, of the 600 block of Powell Road near Smithville Road, was
flown to Temple University Hospital shortly after the incident, which was
reported at 11:49 p.m.

Russell had second-degree burns after the shorts he was wearing apparently
ignited from the dropped cigarette.
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