A homeless man set a man on fire in his Toyota SUV after he refused to give him any money.

A 63-year-old unidentified man was set on fire in his own car outside a 7-Eleven store in Long Beach, Calif. on Friday evening when the homeless man threw a flammable liquid into it as he was getting in. He immediately set it alight and the car went up in flames.

Bystanders helped put out the flames before the victim was transported to a nearby hospital.

The victim survived the fire but is in critical condition. His chest and face suffered third degree burns and his T-shirt was burned off.

The homeless man has been identified as Raymond Sean Clark. The 38-year-old was arrested a block away from the crime scene and is currently being held for attempted murder and misdemeanor warrants. His bail has been set for $502,000.

"This is an unsettling crime, a horrific act," Long Beach Sgt. Aaron Eaton told NBC Bay Area. "The potential for other people to get hurt through the vehicle catching fire next door, the building, someone walking by ...it's extremely unsettling for sure." He went on to say that the said the crime seemed to be random. "Right now it appears to be a random act."

An unidentified man who has often see Clark outside the 7-Eleven, told Los Angeles Daily News: "He's always outside the 7-Eleven asking for money and smoking cigarettes."

Shannon Flynn, a Long Beach resident who witnessed the horrific crime, told the news station that the victim "was engulfed in flames. The fire was so big, people were screaming. I just can't believe this happened here."

Another witness, Robert Linkroum, described how crazy Clark looked when he walked up to throw the bottle into the SUV. "It was crazy..The vehicle went up in flames immediately, just totally engulfed. It was all flames. It became so hot in 7-Eleven that I moved towards the back of the store because I thought the windows were going to blow."

It is not known yet what kind of substance was thrown at the vehicle or whether the suspect was intoxicated when he committed the crime.