A homeless maniac with a blowtorch set his wife on fire and later tried to scorch his ex-boss at an Inwood garage Wednesday, police and court sources said.
Carlos Diaz, 35, hit his estranged wife in the head with the blowtorch, poured a liquid accelerant in her hair and lit her on fire at 7:50 a.m., a courthouse source said.
She was in stable condition Wednesday night with second-degree burns on her body, hands, face and neck, the source said.
Diaz attacked the 38-year-old in a parking lot on Ninth Ave. in Inwood, according to sources.
He tried to force her out of her vehicle — and then struck her when she refused, cops said.
The crazed firebug then attempted to torch a 60-year-old man who had recently fired him from his job as a mechanic, court and police sources said.
He tried to immolate the man after dousing him with gasoline on 10th Ave., near W. 212th St., around 8 a.m., police sources said.
Diaz was set to be arraigned Thursday on attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault and two counts of attempted assault.
Carlos Diaz, 35, hit his estranged wife in the head with the blowtorch, poured a liquid accelerant in her hair and lit her on fire at 7:50 a.m., a courthouse source said.
She was in stable condition Wednesday night with second-degree burns on her body, hands, face and neck, the source said.
Diaz attacked the 38-year-old in a parking lot on Ninth Ave. in Inwood, according to sources.
He tried to force her out of her vehicle — and then struck her when she refused, cops said.
The crazed firebug then attempted to torch a 60-year-old man who had recently fired him from his job as a mechanic, court and police sources said.
He tried to immolate the man after dousing him with gasoline on 10th Ave., near W. 212th St., around 8 a.m., police sources said.
Diaz was set to be arraigned Thursday on attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault and two counts of attempted assault.
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