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Teen Burn Victim Airlifted After Sussex County Cooking Accident, State Police Say (PHOTOS) Teen Burn Victim Airlifted After Sussex County Cooking Accident, State Police Say (PHOTOS)
Teen Burn Victim Airlifted After Sussex County Cooking Accident, State Police Say (Photos) A teen was flown to a nearby hospital after suffering burns while cooking in Sussex County, state police said. Troopers responded to a home on Beemer Church Road and found that the teen’s shirt had caught on fire while cooking around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 21, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. The teen was flown via Hackensack Air to St. Barnabas Livingston for treatment. The Wantage Township First Aid Squad, Beemerville Fire Company, and St. Clare’s paramedics also assisted. Scroll down to view additional footage from the scene. Posted by Wantage Township First Aid Sq…

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by Valerie Musson
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Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says
Bully Throwing Fireball Leaves CT Boy Severely Burned, Family Says A 6-year-old Fairfield County boy was left severely burned after another child lit a gasoline-doused ball on fire and threw it at hime, his family says. Dominick Krankall was burned around 4 p.m., Sunday, April 24 in Bridgeport, according to a GoFundMe page. Bridgeport police responded to Louisiana Avenue on a report of a child burned, said Scott Appleby, director of emergency management for Bridgeport. Dominick KrankallKayla Deegan/GoFundMe The police department, who said a group of four unsupervised youths were lighting things on fire with gasoline, declined to confirm the boy was bu…

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by Kathy Reakes
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NJ Family Sues Wawa After Toddler Suffers Horrific Hot Water Burns NJ Family Sues Wawa After Toddler Suffers Horrific Hot Water Burns
NJ Family Sues Wawa After Toddler Suffers Horrific Hot Water Burns A New Jersey family filed a federal lawsuit against Wawa after the company's hot water spilled on a three-year-old girl, leaving her with burns so bad they looked like they could have been caused by chemical weapons, attorney David Mazie said in a NJ.com article. Wawa has Bergen County locations in Garfield, Hackensack, Lodi and soon Oakland. Carl and Roya Konzman of Neptune claim in the suit that a Wawa clerk spilled the hot water on their daughter last month, burning her so badly that her skin fused to her clothing, NJ.com says. Paramedics apparently wanted to airlift the toddler, identi…

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by Cecilia Levine