A 50-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital with extensive burns after dousing himself with petrol and setting himself alight inside a natural gas carparked in front of the family home in Golasecca, near Varese, early on Tuesday.
The man's 42-year-old wife and his 13-year-old daughter also suffered injuries as their tried to save him.
They are in a state of shock too, sources said.
The couple were reportedly in the process of separating.
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