A man is in critical condition after sustaining burns in a meth-related incident in Stroudsburg, police said.
The man claimed he was burned by someone throwing acid on him in an alley, but it now appears that was not the case, Stroud Area Regional police said in a news release Thursday.
Officers found a man with severe burns in an alley between North Sixth and Seventh streets around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
He told police an unknown person dumped acid on him, but police said in an updated news release it appears the incident happened in a home on North Sixth Street.
Responding officers learned there may have been a fire in the back of the house. When firefighters went inside, they reported a strong odor of butane and found burns on the floor near the back door, police said.