Still alive, but barely, a smaller fire could also work. I was thinking more making the person look more burnt. Forgot about smoke, don’t know how that would mesh with the color scheme and lighting…
If I were to improve it I would probably remove the blue and purple in the flame/only use one of them, make the guys in the foreground less robotic looking, and make the guy in the fire look more like they have been in a fire, and less like they just appeared there.
Exactly ideally the world should be dialectical in nature. Of course the ideal is different from real. Style, skill, tone, and intended scope can make this issue variable. Also often just ping ponging in between action and consequence/response might be counterproductive. Where instead of abab...