Second self-immolation attempt on Nauru

There's been a second self-immolation attempt on Nauru just days after the death of an Iranian man who set himself on fire.

A file image of the Nauru immigration detention centre. Source: AAP

A second Iranian man has tried to set himself on fire on Nauru but security guards were able to stop him, refugee advocates say.

The man aged in his 20s, doused himself in petrol at the Nauru detention centre on Sunday night, police detained him briefly and then released him, refugee advocate Ian Rintoul told AAP.

A 23-year-old Iranian man set himself on fire last week and later died from the burns in a Brisbane hospital.

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