Fart-lighting youth in petrol can mishap

A 12-year-old Tipton lad has demonstrated why it's a really bad idea to
light your own farts in close proximity to a can of petrol, after he
did just that and ended up with 18 per cent burns to his thumb and the
backs of his legs.

Tipton firemen duly attended the scene of the mishap, but the small
blaze resulting from the incendiary tomfoolery had already burned
itself out, the Telegraph notes. Watch commander Paul Harpin explained:
?The boy had been pranking around in the garden having a competition
with his cousin, when they were breaking wind and lighting it. Right
behind him was a petrol can and that just flashed. I think he must have
won the competition but he will have some nasty burns now."

Officers administered first aid awaiting the arrival of medical
operatives who whisked the victim to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley.
Harpin concluded with the obligatory: ?It is a warning not to mess
around with fire."

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