A homeless maniac with a blowtorch set his wife on fire and later tried to scorch his ex-boss at an Inwood garage Wednesday, police and court sources said.
Carlos Diaz, 35, hit his estranged wife in the head with the blowtorch, poured a liquid accelerant in her hair and lit her on fire at 7:50 a.m., a courthouse source said.
She was in stable condition Wednesday night with second-degree burns on her body, hands, face and neck, the source said.
Diaz attacked the 38-year-old in a parking lot on Ninth Ave. in Inwood, according to sources.
He tried to force her out of her vehicle — and then struck her when she refused, cops said.
The crazed firebug then attempted to torch a 60-year-old man who had recently fired him from his job as a mechanic, court and police sources said.
He tried to immolate the man after dousing him with gasoline on 10th Ave., near W. 212th St., around 8 a.m., police sources said.
Diaz was set to be arraigned Thursday on attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of assault and two counts of attempted assault.
