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BBC News
10-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Beach BBQ warning after toddler burns feet on Lincolnshire beach
A dad is warning people about the dangers of using disposable barbecues at the beach after his toddler burned his feet on hot sand - six hours after the family had cooked 39, from Nettleham in Lincolnshire, initially thought his son Edison had been stung by an insect after he started screaming in pain during a day trip to Anderby Creek family had not realised the sand would stay dangerously hot for such a long time, but it soon became clear the two-year-old had burned himself "really badly"."If I could just stop one person from getting their feet burnt, that would be a great message," said Lee. Warning: This story contains an image of burn injuries Lee said he was urging people to think twice before using disposable barbecues at the beach this summer, after his family's ordeal in August 2024."I put his feet into the sea water and I just suddenly went into panic mode, realising this is really serious, and he's not just burned, he's burned really badly," said was treated by specialist burns doctors at Queen's Medical Centre in toddler had to have sand removed from his feet, under general anaesthetic, and could not stand up for two weeks."He was just absolutely beside himself because it was so painful," said Lee."I've played it over in my head so much, saying I wish it was me and not Edison, but really, I just wish it couldn't have happened to anyone. It was horrible." Dr Abhishek Potturi, a paediatrician at Lincoln County Hospital, said he did not advise using disposable barbecues at the beach, and anyone doing so should take great said sand retained a lot of heat and had the potential to cause third-degree burns."Heat gets trapped in the sand and it can stay there for a long period of time. It can take hours to cool, or even overnight," said Dr Potturi. The family had used their disposable barbecue at lunchtime, in an area away from where their children were playing, and disposed of it immediately they later discovered the sand was still hot, Lee said one relative cooled the area with water and the sand "erupted like a volcano"."It was really quite scary how the sand reacted, which just shows how hot that sand was," he has not been left with any lasting damage, and Lee said he felt "so relieved"."It was like I'd won the lottery, I just couldn't believe it," he added. Earlier this year, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said disposable barbecues had become a "significant issue" for Moss, an area manager with the service, called for people to be "really vigilant", saying said fires could start when the single-use trays were used in the wrong setting or not discarded properly. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
08-07-2025
- BBC News
Pregnant student allegedly set boyfriend on fire for Uniport
Police don begin investigate di fire incident wey lead to di death of 29 year old Sunny Amadi for Choba, Rivers State Pipo shock wen tori burst say Sunny Amadi die from severe burn wey e suffer from di fire im supposed girlfriend allegedly cause. BBC Pidgin gada from a relative of di girlfriend say di incident hapun for Ogbogoro road for Choba, near di University of Port Harcourt campus for di girlfriend off-camp apartment, and e leave her in a condition wey dey very severe as she sef suffer serious burn injuries. "According to wetin she tell us, on di day di tin happen, she bin comot go buy somtin. Wen she return she see say candle dey on for her house. "She surprise becos though light bin no dey, she no light any candle for her house. Wen she reach she she her former boyfriend inside di house wit a gallon of fuel." Di relative explain say she and di boyfriend bin don break up and she don tell am make e no call her or come near her again, but e dey beg her but she no gree. "E say dem come begin argue as she tell am to comot from her house and in di process di fuel come pour and catch fire from di candle na so di fire burst cover di two of dem. "So she try run comot from di house but already di fire don also burn her bodi. "Na one neighbour call me say make I come see wetin don hapun, na so I rush come from village amd we carry dem go hospital. "Unfortunately di boyfriend don die from di injuries wey e get but she sef dey critical condition too as she suffer second degree burns wey cover her bodi." Police begin investigation to know wetin cause di fire Police tok tok pesin, SP Grace Iringe-Koko confam say her boyfriend die for hospital while she dey receive medical treatment. Police tok say dem neva know di cause of di fire but pipo dey alledge say na di Cynthia Chukwundah, wey 300-level female undergraduate student of di University of Port Harcourt set her boyfriend on fire. Dem tok say dem dey torchlight di mata and dey pray for di lady so she go dey strong enough to tok wetin really hapun between dem as her condition also dey very critical from di burns she suffer and she also dey pregnant for di boyfriend wey don die. "Di police don locate Cynthia, wey dey receive medical treatment for hospital due to injuries she wey she sustain during di incident. She dey heavily pregnant wit di deceased pikin. Due to her critical condition, she no fit provide detailed account of di incident, but she go do so wen her condition dey stable," di police tok-tok pesin tok. "We neva ascertain di cause of di fire, and we don launch thorough investigation to know di circumstances wey dey surround di incident."
CTV News
23-06-2025
- CTV News
One person injured in Moy Ave fire
Multiple emergency vehicles responded to the 1600 block of Moy Avenue in Windsor, Ont., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Unofficial On Location/ Facebook) Windsor firefighters say one person was taken to hospital after a fire on Moy Avenue. Multiple emergency vehicles responded to the 1600 block of Moy Avenue for a structure fire with exposures involved. One person is being treated for burn injuries. The hydro wires are down in the area. Fire officials say primary searches in two of the exposures are completed and the fire has been knocked down. The public is asked to stay away from the area.
The National
23-06-2025
- Health
- The National
Student who survived Air India crash 'fireball' to sit exam without use of fingers
Junior doctors and relatives are struggling to deal with pain from burn injuries and recurring nightmares of a "fireball" that erupted when an Air India plane crashed into their hostel building in western India. Yet, in a hospital bed, her hands and feet covered in bandages, Dr Shravani Varpe is preparing painstakingly for an exam next week. The 21 year old requires medication for second-degree burns and cannot move her fingers, but plans to complete the exam paper with the help of a writer. 'I'm really struggling but I must hold myself together,' the physiotherapy student told The National. 'This is my last exam, something that I have been preparing for. I can't bend my fingers to hold a pen so I can't write but I have to somehow do this paper.' The BJ Medical College campus in Ahmedabad city reopened on Monday, 11 days after the crash killed 270 people including 241 on board the Boeing 787-800. Only one passenger survived the crash, on June 12, while hundreds on the ground were injured when the plane smashed into the hostel canteen. The wreckage and tail of the plane has since been cleared and the area cordoned off for investigation. 'We started suffocating' The psychological scars Dr Varpe bears are far deeper than the wounds on her face, neck and back. Even small sounds of doors slamming take her back to the terrifying day Flight 171 ploughed into the fourth floor of the college. 'The trauma we have faced, we will never forget it, it's there for life,' she said. 'We are doctors and have studied this – we know the burn scars will be lifelong. 'My friends who are badly injured suffer from so much aggravating pain, especially when their wounds are dressed. They say they did not die but they are not properly alive.' The terror she relives stems from the fear of being trapped in the burning building. 'At first we just heard the noise, then we saw the burning fireball burst through the big window. It was like a cinematic view but in real life that is very dangerous to see,' she said. 'We ran outside but it was all black because the smoke had already filled the building. Within minutes we started suffocating. We were not able to speak as we had inhaled the gas. We could not go down because there was an extreme amount of heat that we could not bear.' The young doctors eventually reached a balcony, found blankets that they dipped in water and managed to climb out of the building. Dreams not ended Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, a UAE businessman and philanthropist, has pledged Dh2.5 million ($680,000/six crore rupees) to families who lost loved ones and to injured doctors, while Air India owner the Tata Group had announced one crore rupees ($133,600) to the family of each person who died. Dr Vayalil said his gesture was to honour the memory of four doctors, Manav Bhadu, Aaryan Rajput, Rakesh Diyora, and Jaiprakash Choudhary, from the hostel who died when the plane hit. The financial aid to the injured, meanwhile, was to let them know 'their dreams have not ended and they are not alone'. Applauding the doctors for their courage, Dr Vayalil said: 'Their resilience speaks louder than words. Support and encouragement will be there as they heal, not just physically but emotionally, too.' The tragedy was deeply personal for the Abu Dhabi-based doctor who spent years living in hostels in southern India as a medical student. 'The images from the damaged hostel and mess hall brought all that flooding back,' said the founder of VPS Health and Burjeel Holdings. "It was difficult to watch. I saw myself in those students. That's what made this tragedy feel so personal.' Dr Vayalil said he understood the pain of the devastated families. 'It is deeply painful to know that the first ones in their families to enter medical college lost their lives,' he said. 'They carried not just their own dreams but the hopes of entire communities. Their stories must not be forgotten. The hope is that their families feel surrounded by support and that their children's memory is held close, not only by them but by all of us.' First-generation in college His words are a light in the darkness for the family of Rakesh Diyora, 20, who grew up in a small farming village, dreamt of being a paediatric cardiologist and was the first in his family to go to college. The second-year medical student died when a section of the smouldering plane fell on him as he was eating in the canteen. 'In our entire village, Rakesh would have been the first doctor,' said Vipul Diyora, his elder brother. 'He was our future. My brother was so intelligent, he helped people always. What we earned from the farm we put into his education, we took out loans. But the main trauma is that he is no more. Everyone is hurting.' The family of Dr Pratham Kolcha, 20, is worried about burn injuries to his face, legs and hands. The second-year medical student also grew up in a small village dependent on agriculture. 'When he saw the burns, he cried a lot,' said Jagdish Kolcha, his father. 'I tell him, we have to face this and that God gives us challenges to make us strong.' Dr Kapil Kachhadiya's wife and eight-month-old son suffered first and second-degree burns to their face and limbs. The urologist was working and his family was in his hostel room when the accident occurred. 'It is a lot for a small baby to undergo but we have no option but to go through all the steps. They will need long-term care, skin grafting, laser treatment and plastic surgery that will take years.'
BreakingNews.ie
09-06-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Coroner warns people may not realise severity of burn injuries after death of Cavan farmer (79)
A coroner has warned that people may not realise the severity of burn injuries in some cases, after hearing about the death of an elderly Cavan man after a stick fell out of a wood-burning stove in his home. Patrick Lynch (79), a retired farmer of Cormore, Arva, Co Cavan, died as a result of complications of burn injuries at St James's Hospital in Dublin on August 29th, 2023. Advertisement A sitting of Dublin District Coroner's Court heard a neighbour of Mr Lynch had discovered a smouldering stick in a smoke-filled room when he called to see the deceased around 1:15pm on August 26th, 2023. Ciaran Ellis told an inquest into Mr Lynch's death that he rang an ambulance after discovering his neighbour lying crossways on a bed with his feet 'red with burns.' Mr Ellis said a stick that seemed to have fallen out of a door at the front of the stove was still smouldering on the floor. He recalled that the deceased's pyjamas and part of a chair were also burnt, although there was no evidence of a large fire of any type. Advertisement When asked how he felt, Mr Ellis said Mr Lynch had replied that he was not in any pain. 'He did not realise he was badly burnt,' said Mr Ellis. He said the deceased only complained about feeling a little bit of pain a few hours later, just before an ambulance arrived at around 4:30pm. The coroner, Cróna Gallagher, said some people with burn injuries did not appreciate the severity of their burns as they did not feel any pain because the injuries were so bad that nerve endings in their body had been damaged. Advertisement 'People with less severe burn injuries may feel far worse pain,' said Dr Gallagher. She observed that people with severe burn injuries might not seek the urgent treatment that they needed due to the misconception that the lack of pain indicated they were not badly hurt. 'It's a common issue that the part that is burnt can just look red, which means people think it might not be serious,' said Dr Gallagher. In reply to questions from the coroner, Mr Ellis said he would check on his neighbour two to three times per day. Advertisement He explained the deceased had moved his bedroom downstairs to the living room a few years previously because of his mobility issues. Mr Ellis also said his neighbour used the stove as his main source of heating and would be in the habit of packing it with wood. The deceased's brother, Jimmy Lynch, who gave evidence of formally identifying his brother's body to gardaí at St James's Hospital, said his brother had lived alone for over 25 years. While the deceased had a few health problems, including poor eyesight, Mr Lynch said his brother was able to manage, although he had not really left his house for a number of years. Advertisement Mr Lynch said he was never aware of any problem that his brother, who was a non-smoker, had with the stove. Sergeant Cathal Buggy gave evidence of examining the scene of the fatal incident and being satisfied that there was nothing suspicious about what happened. Sgt Buggy also confirmed that there was nothing defective with the stove. In a written statement, a paramedic, Billy Bushnell, said the initial triaging from the call for assistance had assessed Mr Lynch as a 'low priority' case. Mr Bushnell said the injured man was chatty and responsive to paramedics after the ambulance arrived at his house at 4:28pm. He said Mr Lynch had some third-degree burns and massive blistering on his legs, although he had stated that the pain was 'not too bad.' Mr Bushnell said he advised his controllers that the patient should be brought to St James's Hospital in Dublin, where the National Burns Unit is based, but was instructed to take him to Cavan General Hospital. He said he phoned ahead to the hospital in Cavan to have a resus team on standby, but none was in place by the time they arrived. The inquest heard Mr Lynch was transferred to St James's Hospital the following morning. Medical records showed he suffered burns to approximately 30 per cent of his body, which mostly related to his lower limbs. Doctors in St James's assessed him as requiring immediate surgery for full-thickness burns, as it was a life-threatening situation. However, they subsequently assessed that he would not survive further surgery, and his treatment was switched to palliative care. Dr Gallagher observed that it was not clear if it would have made any difference if Mr Lynch had received treatment sooner, although she believed it was 'unlikely". The results of a postmortem showed he had died as a result of complications of burns from material from a wood-burning stove, with heart disease as a contributory factor. Offering her sympathy to Mr Lynch's relatives, the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
