The specter of a crazy and dangerous social "challenge", behind the serious injury of a 14-year-old who got burned while he was alone at home and was handling a bottle of alcohol and a lighter.
It happened in Arezzo and now the boy is hospitalized at the Meyer hospital in Florence. It would not be life threatening, but will remain a few days in a medically induced coma.
The story is reported in the Tuscan press and, as mentioned, the suspicion is that the 14-year-old was trying to "hit" TikTok with a very risky experiment.
In particular, it is reconstructed, the adolescent would have taken advantage of the absence of his parents to try his hand at what is called "fire challenge". Challenge with fire, in fact.
Therefore, he would have armed himself with alcohol and matches but a hot flash would have hit him, burning him on 50% of his body. He was rescued by the neighbors, who gave the alarm to 118.
An ambulance then arrived on the spot and also the helicopter rescue for emergency transport to the hospital.
After awakening from a pharmacological coma, the young person will undergo skin transplants to reconstruct the skin affected by burns.
(Unioneonline / lf)
