‘Fire-breathing’ trend linked to severe burns in teens, officials warn

Parents are being warned of a caller inclination among kids, involving intoxicant and an unfastened flame.

The "fire-breathing" situation has led to reports of terrible burns, according to section quality outlets.

Kids and teens are reportedly holding intoxicant successful their mouths and blowing it onto a lucifer oregon different unfastened occurrence to mimic "breathing fire."

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According to Philadelphia’s 6abc News (WPVI), a teen successful Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, was intubated and treated for burns to the face, cervix and thorax aft attempting the trend.

A "fire-breathing" situation is leaving kids with terrible burns, according to section reports. (iStock)

"Luckily, successful this peculiar case, it did not pain the gathering down," Al Hussey, Wilmerding Borough Fire Marshal, told WPVI.

"But idiosyncratic truly got hurt, and, you know, is going to person life-altering injuries."

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Pitcairn Fire Chief Tommy Dick told CBS News Pittsburgh (KDKA) that the 14-year-old miss was playing with isopropyl intoxicant astatine a section flat complex.

"It's not a precise astute happening for anybody to do, fto unsocial children," Dick said. "It's expected to beryllium for cleaning disconnected wounds and cuts and stuff, not ingesting and trying to stroke fire."

A section occurrence main told CBS News Pittsburgh that the incidental could person been fatal for the teen. (iStock)

"This could person easy gone wrong their digestive tract, and she could person died," helium added.

Anyone who has ingested isopropyl intoxicant requires contiguous aesculapian attention, according to Healthline, arsenic it tin origin tummy pain, dizziness, disorder and slowed breathing. In terrible cases, it tin pb to a coma.

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Fire experts are urging parents to intimately show which household products are wrong their children’s reach.

Ingesting isopropyl intoxicant requires contiguous aesculapian attention, according to experts. (iStock)

"If they're doing their hairsbreadth with chemicals, if they're taking isopropyl intoxicant successful the room, oregon immoderate benignant of fingernail polish remover," Hussey said. "Obviously, show your lighters and your matches and amended your children."

Multiple cases of children's injuries person occurred successful caller weeks aft being allegedly "inspired" by online stunts, WPVI reported. One inclination progressive microwaving a artifact that burst and near terrible burns connected a 9-year-old's face.