Boy, 7, burned after pouring gas on outdoor fire
NEW CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — A 7-year-old northwestern Indiana boy was airlifted to a Chicago hospital with burns after he poured gasoline on an outdoor fire.Several boys were playing Sunday near a fire between mobile homes when the boy was burned in the Lake County town of New Chicago.Fire Chief Joe Eakins tells The (Northwest Indiana) Times that a neighbor heard a sound like "whoof," looked out and saw one of the boy's pants on fire.A neighbor put out flames on the boy with a coat, while the
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