Girl Suffers Serious Burns After Setting Herself on Fire in Brooklyn School Bathroom

[Turd Fergusen]

A 9-year-old girl suffered serious burns after accidentally setting herself on fire with a lighter at her Brooklyn school Wednesday, according to sources.

The girl was playing with a lighter she’d found in the third-floor bathroom at Excellence Girls Charter School in Bedford-Stuyvesant when her school uniform went up in flames around 2:30 p.m., sources said.

School officials called 911 after the victim began screaming, sources said.

She was taken to the burn center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell in Manhattan with second- and third-degree burns to 40% of her upper body.

The girl is currently in stable condition.

No one else was injured.

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https://nypost.com/2019/10/17/girl-suffers-serious-burns-after-setting-herself-on-fire-in-brooklyn-school-bathroom/

 

[Satanica]

How sad. We should all make sure our children know what to do in case their clothing catches fire.

 

[Sejanus]

So much for Excellence.

 

[LFODBiker]

Cue overaction lawsuit in three... two...

 

[Cladd]

Horrific! Omg this poor girl.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

How sad. We should all make sure our children know what to do in case their clothing catches fire.

We learned Stop, Drop, and Roll in the 1st grade. I remember the fireman teaching us and how we each had to practice it. They don't do that anymore?

 

[Totemic]

At 9 I pretty much knew not to play with a lighter....I feel for the girl, but seems weird that basic skills are missing.