By C1 Staff
CLEARWATER, Fla. — After her roommate threw out her spaghetti and meatballs, Melissa Dawn Sellers only saw one way to settle the argument.
Bay News 9 reports that Sellers doused her roommate, Carlos Ortiz Jr., in nail polish remover and set him on fire with a lighter or cigarette. The two had been drinking.
Ortiz’s friend, Ines Causevic, was present during the confrontation.
“She was setting little objects on fire, then that turned into pouring nail polish remover all over him, and then all of a sudden, the lighter sparked and he lit on fire,” she said.
Causevic then threw water on Ortiz and tore his shirt off, trying to put out the fire.
Ortiz was taken to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition with burns to his face, chest and shoulders.
Sellers originally left the scene before police arrived, but later returnd and was arrested. She has been charged with aggravated battery.