Tunisian Self-Immolation Victim Dies Of Burns TUNIS, Tunisia-- The director of Tunisia's burn center says the father of three children who set himself on fire last week has died. Sassi Ounalli of the Ben Arous hospital told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the man survived for five days before dying from burns across 90 percent of his body. Ammar Gharsallah set himself on fire in front of the town hall in the depressed southern city of Gafsa on Thursday to protest his unemployment. Tunisia's revolution against its long-ruling dictator was sparked by the self-immolation of a young vegetable seller on Dec. 17, 2010. Since then, dozens of people have set themselves ablaze across the Middle East to protest the lack of employment.