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If you play with fire, you get burned. Three high school students learned that the hard way, after their little “fun”, one had their clothes set on fire.
The 14-year-old victim suffered burns to both arms and abdomen.
The incident occurred on Sunday night (December 27), on a stair landing of an HDB block located along Sembawang Drive.
According to Lianhe Wanbao, the victim had allegedly released gas from a canister of butane when one of her friends lit a lighter, causing her clothing to instantly catch fire.
He immediately removed his still-burning top in an attempt to put out the flames, but he still suffered burns to his arms and abdomen. Meanwhile, one of his friends grabbed a 1.5-liter bottle of water and doused him with it.
Speaking to the Chinese newspaper, one of the boy’s neighbors said that afterwards he ran home and got into the shower. When his family saw the extent of his burns, they called an ambulance.
[[nid:472656]]Another resident told the newspaper that the victim was taken to the ambulance with both arms and the upper part of the body wrapped in gauze.
Confirming that they received a call for assistance in relation to the incident, the Singapore Civil Defense Force told AsiaOne that the victim was taken to KK Children’s and Women’s Hospital.
Only the victim’s grandmother was home at the time of the incident. When the boy’s mother found out about what happened that same night, she burst into tears, the family’s neighbor told the newspaper.
When approached by the Chinese evening newspaper, the family only said, “Everything is fine.”
In response to AsiaOne’s inquiries, police said the other two boys, ages 14 and 15, are currently assisting with their investigations.
