13 mth boy 4th deg burns- Lilley's
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Story below - Observer 3rd January 2016
A 13-MONTH old boy has fourth degree burns to his hand and foot after stepping and falling onto hot coals on Lillies Beach at Boyne Island.
The fire was left to burn unchecked by another beach goer who went home after covering the fire with sand.
The boy's aunty said he had been playing on the beach with his mum on New Year's Eve when he stepped on the hidden inferno.
"My sister called me up at 4pm in hysterics saying [her son] had just walked on hot coals and that they were taking him to the hospital," she said.
"The whole time I was on the phone he was screaming."
Initially, she said her sister thought her son had stepped on something sharp but when they got closer and kicked the sand away they saw the hot coals smoldering.
"The coals were still red hot," she said.
"I can't believe someone would just leave a fire like that because if you just put sand on it, it will only get hotter.
"There were no rocks around it or anything to warn people," she said.
The boy will be flown to Brisbane this afternoon for further medical treatment because Gladstone Base Hospital is unable to deal with the seriousness of the 13-month old boy's injuries.
He has deep blisters on one foot and hand.
"They had to sedate him," the boy's aunty said.
"He wouldn't stop crying."
She said he always played outside and loved going to his grandparent's farm at Calliope.
"It's not fair," she said."He's only just started walking."
The boy's grandma will have to fly down with him to Brisbane because his mum is 34 weeks pregnant and is not allowed to fly in her condition.
In yet another wicked turn the boy's mum has recently lost her job and cannot afford to drive down to be with her baby boy.
The boy's aunty said her sister was not coping well with the situation.
Story below - Observer 3rd January 2016
A 13-MONTH old boy has fourth degree burns to his hand and foot after stepping and falling onto hot coals on Lillies Beach at Boyne Island.
The fire was left to burn unchecked by another beach goer who went home after covering the fire with sand.
The boy's aunty said he had been playing on the beach with his mum on New Year's Eve when he stepped on the hidden inferno.
"My sister called me up at 4pm in hysterics saying [her son] had just walked on hot coals and that they were taking him to the hospital," she said.
"The whole time I was on the phone he was screaming."
Initially, she said her sister thought her son had stepped on something sharp but when they got closer and kicked the sand away they saw the hot coals smoldering.
"The coals were still red hot," she said.
"I can't believe someone would just leave a fire like that because if you just put sand on it, it will only get hotter.
"There were no rocks around it or anything to warn people," she said.
The boy will be flown to Brisbane this afternoon for further medical treatment because Gladstone Base Hospital is unable to deal with the seriousness of the 13-month old boy's injuries.
He has deep blisters on one foot and hand.
"They had to sedate him," the boy's aunty said.
"He wouldn't stop crying."
She said he always played outside and loved going to his grandparent's farm at Calliope.
"It's not fair," she said."He's only just started walking."
The boy's grandma will have to fly down with him to Brisbane because his mum is 34 weeks pregnant and is not allowed to fly in her condition.
In yet another wicked turn the boy's mum has recently lost her job and cannot afford to drive down to be with her baby boy.
The boy's aunty said her sister was not coping well with the situation.
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