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DETROIT, MI -- A 38-year-old Detroit woman has severe burns covering nearly half her body after her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire inside an apartment in Detroit early Friday, police say

Another witness in the apartment used his comforter to smother out the flames, WDIV, Channel 4 News reports.

Donald Jerome Chapman, 59, of Detroit is now charged with torture, assault with intent to murder, and first-degree domestic violence. The charges came from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Saturday.

"On June 6, 2014 at approximately 1:58 a.m. at a location in the 3600 block of Canton in Detroit it is alleged that Chapman doused his girlfriend with a flammable liquid and set her on fire," prosecutors said in a Saturday statement. "The Detroit Fire Department responded to the scene and the woman was transported to a local hospital. She is being treated for burns over approximately 40 percent of her body."

Chapman's arraignment is expected in Romulus on Sunday.