A western Greene County man suffered serious burns while apparently attempting to use gasoline to burn brush near his home on Tuesday night.

Anthony Wayne Park, 46, of 365 Phillipi Church Road, Bulls Gap, was seriously burned about 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to a report filed by Deputy Sheriff Robert Livingston.

The report said a witness heard an explosion and then heard Park screaming for help.

Park, according to the report, had poured gasoline onto a brush pile, then had placed a gasoline can on the ground some distance from the brush pile before attempting to set the brush on fire.

Moments later, the report said, a witness heard an explosion, followed by screams, then called Greene County 911.

Emergency radio transmissions between Greene County 911 and a responding Midway Volunteer Fire Department medical first-responder and Mosheim VFD firefighters said a man was lying in Phillipi Church Road suffering from burns.

The Sheriff's Department report said Park appeared to have suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns over a large portion of the front of his body.

After being treated at the scene by Greene County-Greeneville Emergency Medical Services personnel, Park was flown to the Johnson City Medical Center by a Wings Air Rescue helicopter that landed in a field near the fire scene.

After treatment at the JCMC, Park was flown to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Park was listed in "stable" condition there this morning.