1:30pm Monday 22nd March 2010
By Tara Russell
POLICE have launched an investigation after a man was found with serious burn injuries this morning.
The 42-year-old approached staff working at Sainsbury's on Cowes High Street, Isle of Wight and asked for help at around 2.15am.
He suffered burn injuries and said he had been involved in a fire.
The man, whose condition is described as serious, was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Newport and is waiting to be transferred to the mainland.
Police have cordoned off the area around the supermarket while they conduct their investigation.
The man was later transferred to a specialist burns unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, where his condition was described as critical but stable.
A Hampshire Police spokesman said officers were investigating a possible link to a fire at a derelict bungalow.
He said: ''Detectives from Isle of Wight CID are keeping an open mind about what has happened, but there is nothing at this stage to suggest any suspicious circumstances or an assault on this man.
''Police are working with the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service to establish if any recent fires could be connected to the man's injuries.
''Police scenes of crime officers and staff are carrying out forensic inquiries at a derelict bungalow on Prince's Esplanade in Cowes where a fire was reported during the early hours of this morning.''
He added that the cordon around the supermarket had been lifted.
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