NEW YORK � A teenager was hospitalized after being stabbed, doused with gasoline and set on fire in a Bronx apartment building Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The 18-year-old was reportedly in an argument with his assailant before the assault shortly after 3 p.m. in a fifth-floor hallway. Police found him barely conscious with extensive burns on his body and stab wounds to his chest.

Police say the youth, whose name wasn�t released, was in critical condition at Harlem Hospital. There were no immediate arrests.

(AP)