A man set fire to his pregnant
partner after a row at Pozzuoli near Naples Monday.
The woman, 38, was taken to the burns unit at Naples'
Cardarelli Hospital where doctors decided to bring forward the
birth.
The premature baby is OK, they said.
The mother is in critical condition.
The man, 40-year-old Paolo Pietropaolo, was arrested at
Formia, between Naples and Rome, where he had a car accident
after fleeing the scene of the incident.
He has a record for drugs offences, police said.
The incident took place in the street in front of the
couple's home.
After Pietropaolo fled, a neighbour rescued the woman,
dousing the flames.
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