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A 13-year-old boy caught fire Tuesday night, and three neighbors who heard his screams helped put out the flames, according to the Billings Fire Department.

The boy was taken to St. Vincent Healthcare where police spoke with him and his family, said Billings Police Department Sgt. Jason Gartner. The boy had burns on the lower part of his body and was being prepared to be sent to the University of Utah Burn Center in Salt Lake City, Gartner said.

The firefighters responded to a call about a boy on fire at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.

When firefighters arrived at the 700 block of Anchor Avenue in the Heights, they found three men who had used their shirts to put out the flames, Billings Fire Department Captain Mike Martin said.

One of the men who helped the boy was 21-year-old Tanner Schilling, who lived across the street from the field where the boy was found. Nathan Pierce, 38, and Pierce's 16-year-old son, William Pierce, were at Schilling's house when they heard screams across the street.

"We covered him with our shirts," Nathan Pierce said. "His whole lower half was on fire. It looked like a stunt."