The four-term councilman suffered second- and third-degree burns covering up to 60% of his body, mostly on his torso, after alleged assailant Shotsie Michale Buck Hayes barged into Vogler’s workplace, drenched him with a five-gallon jug of fuel, chased him outside and then torched him.

Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes allegedly confronted Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, at his office at Showcase Magazine on Wednesday and covered him with a flammable liquid, the Danville Police Department said. Both went outside, where Buck-Hayes allegedly set Vogler on fire, police said.

Lee Vogler, a longtime city councilmember in Danville, was the victim of a violent attack after a man entered a local magazine office and set him on fire. The suspect, identified by police as Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, reportedly doused Vogler with a five-gallon bucket of gasoline before igniting the fuel.