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.

The alleged incident happened at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the 700 block of Main Street. City council member Lee Vogler, 38, of Danville, was at his place of employment when the suspect entered the building and “doused him with a flammable liquid,” according to witness information obtained by the Danville Police Department.

A man named Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes attacked and poured gasoline on Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler before setting him on fire, according to Virginia police.