Horrific video shows a screaming passenger setting himself on fire at an airport terminal after getting into an argument with his wife when he was unable to buy flight tickets.
The video shared on social media shows the passenger, wearing a baseball cap and jacket and suspected to be drunk, standing at a counter at Almaty International Airport in Kazakhstan on Monday, August 25.
Suddenly, he gets engulfed in flames and runs from behind a desk before collapsing and rolling on the floor.
Staff rush to douse the blaze with a fire extinguisher.
The passenger is then seen lying on the floor and moaning, his shirt entirely burned off his body.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
An airport staffer told Kazakh outlet Tengrin News that the man had begged to get a flight after missing his train home.
He entered an office and asked for a phone to call his wife — and then started pouring gasoline over himself after arguing with her.
He then allowed a worker to leave the office before torching himself, the staffer said.
“Some say he may have been drunk,” a police officer told Tengrin News.
It is not clear how the man got gasoline into an airport, but it is believed he may have picked it up from a nearby gas station.
A criminal case has been launched into his actions, and investigations are underway, police said.
Watch the video below.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan. A man set himself on fire at Almaty airport.
The incident occurred on August 25. A man set himself on fire near the cash register. Police and airport security personnel quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire. pic.twitter.com/II5Sax8Pgu
— Chamnap53 (@chamnap53) August 26, 2025
