BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Police in Taft are investigating the circumstances that led up to a man suffering serious burns. Leo Terry Father of Billy Terry said "They say that a girl slung gas on him and his skin was just melting off his body." 44-year-old Billy Terry is the man who suffered severe burns to over 70 percent of his body, according to his family. Taft police say that on January 22nd, there was a social gathering at a home on the 700 block of K Street with people standing around a fire pit. Billy Terry is receiving care at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital.