Fucking hell, I'm ashamed I forgot about him.

... when I went to Uni, an underpaid and then fired groundskeeper/janitorial staff member... immolated himself in a similar manner, in the middle of a square with a lot of student foot traffic.

No clue if he was ex military or not, the story was barely covered by any even local media...

I wasn't close enough in time or space to directly see it, but my friend was, destroyed his own coat trying to put out the flames...

By the time I got there it was basically a crime scene, saw the smoke, but not the fire... just a burn mark... ambulances, crash carts...

I remeber watching Anark break down into tears when Bushnell sacrificed himself... Anark had known him personally...

I've got enough PTSD from similar things (and other things, now) that I just blocked all of it out.