A Florida man set his hospital bed on fire in a desperate attempt to get a nurse’s attention, police said.

John King, 75, admitted to police he used a silver and red Bic lighter to ignite a plastic bag in a shared room at a hospital in New Smyrna Beach where he felt staffers were ignoring his request to bring him his clothes, WKMG reports.

King’s hospital roommate told officials at AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach that he spotted King set a small object on fire, but convinced him to extinguish the flame. King then reignited the blaze, prompting his roommate to use an emergency button to call for help, the station reports.

A nurse at the hospital used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames while King tried to use an elevator to escape. Staffers managed to stop him until firefighters arrived, police said.

King later handed over the lighter he used to start the blaze to investigators, according to a police report obtained by the station.

The $4,000 bed was destroyed during the fire and King will be responsible for replacing it, WKMG reports.

King, who was charged with second-degree felony arson damage to a structure, had been admitted to the New Smyrna Beach hospital for respiratory failure, according to a charging affidavit obtained by the Miami Herald.

“The motherf–ker in here lit his bed on fire,” King’s 84-year-old roommate, Samuel Moreno, shouted to a nurse, according to the affidavit. “I can’t breathe. There’s smoke in the room.”

King told police that he intentionally set his bed on fire to “get the attention” of hospital staffers, but didn’t intend to hurt himself or other patients, police said.

He remained in custody Wednesday at the Volusia County Jail on $15,000 bond, and is set to be arraigned March 18, the Herald reports.