shocking footage has emerged of a young partygoer who was allegedly set alight after being sprayed with flammable liquids the footage, which was recorded through the sharing app snapchat, shows the 18 year old man without his pants on as his friend lit his leg on fire at a party in collaroy plateau in northern sydney as the group giggled in the background, a second friend is seen leaning in as he sprayed the young man's leg with aerosol scroll down for video  shocking footage has emerged of a young partygoer who was set alight after being doused with aerosol  he sustained 'superficial but excessive burns to his back' after the fire quickly spread up his leg when he was with friends at a home on essilia street about 1220am on sunday it was alleged that the prank was consensual after he agreed to be set alight but moments later, friends desperately called for help he sustained 'superficial but excessive burns to his back' he sustained 'superficial but excessive burns to his back' the man was taken by ambulance to royal north shore hospital and remains in a stable condition another 18 year old man who was arrested at the scene and taken to dee why police station to assist police with their inquiries, has been released a nsw police spokesman told daily mail australia they could not comment further on the incident as to how the young man sustained severe burns but an investigation is underway 'nothing further at this stage but police are continuing to investigate the incident,' a police spokesman said
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an 18 year old man remains in a stable condition at a sydney hospital  the young man allegedly agreed to be set alight with flammable liquids  the shocking footage was recorded through video sharing app snapchat  police were called to essilia street in northern sydney on sunday morning  another 18 year old man who was arrested has been released  police are  investigating how the young man sustained severe burns 