Barbecue Accident Burns Palmdale Boy
A 7-year-old Palmdale boy was in fair condition Sunday from burns suffered after someone poured paint thinner on a hot barbecue and the child was engulfed by flames.
The boy, whom officials declined to identify, is being treated at the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks for second- and third-degree burns over 20% of his body, Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher Art Murrujo said.
A burn center spokesman said the boy was burned around 11 p.m. Saturday when either he or a relative apparently poured paint thinner--which they believed to be water--on the flaming barbecue.
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