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Nursing home patient burns to death in front of staff

Disturbing video shows his shirt catching fire and workers fail to put out the flames

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CHICAGO — A man smoking a cigarette catches on fire. What happens next has outraged his family. CBS 2′s Dave Savini has video of the incident.

Lisa Couch says her brother, Michael Lewis, was nearing the end of his stay at Lake Shore HealthCare and Rehabilitation Centre when tragedy struck.

“He burned to death,” she says. “He sustained burns like from mid-thigh up to the eyebrows.”

Read full story: Investigators: Nursing Home Patient Catches Fire, Left To Smolder Outside