Man set on fire in New York City's Times Square

There have been no arrests. Police don't believe it was a random attack.

NYPD crime scene investigators at the scene where a man was set on fire in the heart of Times Square on Sunday.Kyle Mazza / Anadolu via Getty Images file
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New York City authorities are searching for the person who set a man on fire in Times Square on Sunday morning.

Police responded to a 45-year-old man on fire on West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue just before 4 a.m., police said in a statement, NBC New York reported.

No one has been arrested. Police do not believe it was a random attack. They also said no homeless people were involved.

The victim was listed as stable at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital.

Police said the investigation continues.

In December, a man was accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire in a New York City subway.