No, the man was actually on fire.

I was watching a trailer for a film about Storm and his work, and one of the things he said was that he wanted people to think that what they were looking at couldn't be real, or was somehow manipulated, but in actuality was real.

Quote:Two stuntmen were used (Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers), one dressed in a fire-retardant suit covered by a business suit. His head was protected by a hood, underneath a wig. The photograph was taken at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles. Initially the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, and the flames were forced into Rondell's face, burning his moustache. The two stuntmen changed positions, and the image was later reversed.

That information can be found in a couple books, one by Glenn Povey, the other by Nicholas Schaffner.