Teenager hurt in cooking fire suffered extensive third-degree burns

The community is coming together for the family of a Calgary youth who was severely injured in a grease fire on Saturday afternoon. Riley Smith, 15, was with his mother while she was cooking with hot oil on their stove inside their home in Beddington at about 3:30 p.m. She ended up getting distracted and the pot got too hot. By the time she managed to remove the hot oil, it was too late; the oil burst into flame. She tried to smother the flaming pot with a towel before leaving it to get a fire e