burns

Crazed woman who threw acid at stranger's face in NYC subway station learns her fate

Gravesande was yelling and threatening to push riders on the subway before she followed Jimenez out of the train car when she got off at the Winthrop Street Station in...

3 people severely burnt after hot air balloon crashes into powerlines in Indiana

A pilot and his two passengers made contact with the power lines shortly before 7 p.m. on Sunday near Hebron, about 50 miles south of Chicago, according to the Federal...

I got third-degree burns on my face after eating a fruit

This fruit won't keep the doctor away. UK globetrotter Thomas Harold Watson sustained third-degree burns across his face after biting into an exotic fruit in Mexico.

NYC straphanger who was set on fire blocked fiancée from maniac’s flaming liquid in subway attack, has burns on 30 percent of his body

The man who was severely burned when a maniac tossed flaming liquid on him on the subway Saturday jumped in front of his fiancée to protect her, he told The...

Crucifix necklace shocks teen nearly to death in freak accident

Ogdahl said that he saw sparks from his neck in a matter of seconds, after which his body started to hurt all over.

12-year-old boy turns into 'human fireball' in TikTok challenge gone awry: 'My baby is scarred for life'

"I still wonder what I could have done to avoid Corey getting hurt that night," his mother said.

Israeli couple claims 6-year-old daughter was burned and 'disfigured' by hot meal on United flight to Newark

An Israeli couple has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, alleging that their 6-year-old daughter was burned and “disfigured” after a hot meal slid off a defective tray table and...

Severely burned Indian woman wakes up in hearse moments before she was to be cremated

A severely burned Indian woman who was thought to be dead woke up in a hearse moments before she was going to be cremated, according to a report.

Teen’s skin ‘melted away’ after getting burned while using nail polish remover

"I was really scared and I was screaming," said a girl named Kennedy, who suffered third-degree burns on her arm while cleaning her nails next to a lit candle.

Dad of NYC tot burned to death by radiator demands urgent reform: 'People need to be held accountable'

No one “in this universe – not even an evil person” should have to experience the heartbreak felt by the Brooklyn family whose baby boy was killed by a faulty...

Brooklyn tot fatally burned by faulty radiator leaking steam took first steps a day earlier

“This was a murder of a baby,” the mother raged. “For a baby to be steamed alive in his bedroom is unacceptable.”

Baby burned to death by leaking radiator in NYC apartment: cops

The radiator is believed to have malfunctioned, causing a dangerous amount of steam to leak out of it, police and sources said.

I got a sunburn and started hallucinating — it felt like an alien was on my legs

An Australian woman named Cas Flynn-Troy, 22, redefined "heat vision" after getting sunburned so badly that she hallucinated and broke out in blisters that made her look like an "alien."

Charges filed in death of Texas teen who suffered severe burn injuries

Sebastian Lindsey, 23, is facing manslaughter charges in the death of Madison Lewis, a 17-year-old girl from Jacksboro, Texas who succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. 

Florida boy, 2, suffers severe burns in fall into fire pit during camping trip

A 2-year-old Florida boy suffered severe burns across 18% of his body in a freak accident during a camping trip -- when he tripped and fell into a fire pit.

Elderly Georgia man burns 75% of his body trying to open bag of chips with lighter

Chips can be very flammable because of their starchy, oily composition, according to a report.

Texas teen fighting for her life after gas thrown on fire, mother says

A Texas teen sustained burns to 90% of her body during a gathering over the holiday break when a boy threw a pan filled with gasoline onto a fire, her...

This burn treatment made from pineapples could save you from needing surgery: 'Game changer'

A newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a "game-changer" for burn patients, doctors say.

Georgia woman wins $3M settlement for hot coffee spill at Dunkin' in 2021

A Georgia woman has been awarded $3 million in a lawsuit settlement after allegedly being severely burned by a piping-hot cup of coffee served to her at a Dunkin' drive-thru.

Common bathroom item burning thousands of children each year: study

30,839 burn injuries and 1,050 emergency department visits were recorded from 2013 to 2022.