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12-year-old Detroit girl severely burned attempting 'fire challenge'
fox ^ | August 20, 2018 | staff

Posted on 08/21/2018 6:03:31 AM PDT by Morgana

DETROIT (WJBK) - A 12-year-old girl from Detroit is in the hospital recovering from severe burns after taking part in a disturbing trend called the Fire Challenge.

"I can't help my baby. I can't help her," said Brandi Owens.

Brandi is trying to be strong, but can't bear seeing her daughter bandaged from head-to-toe and in intensive care with burns over 49 percent of her body. Timiyah Landers and her two girlfriends were hanging out at her Detroit home on Friday after mother Brandi made them pancakes and went to take a nap. Minutes later, Brandi said she heard a small explosion.

"She came running up my hallway on fire from her knees to her hair," she said.

Timiyah was on fire. Brandi's fiance quickly put her in the bathtub and sprayed her down with water. Brandi rushed Timiyah to the hospital as the other girls admitted, they were taking the fire challenge -- something one of the girls had seen on YouTube where you douse yourself with rubbing alcohol and set yourself on fire.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox2detroit.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: firechallenge; generationz; rubbingalcohol; socialmedia; stupidity; tidepods
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To: SMARTY

The videos make it seem that such challenges can be done safely. The girl is twelve years old. Adults have a hard time assessing risks but perhaps you think she should have been able to.


61 posted on 08/21/2018 9:55:02 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Lurker

You did read this was a 12 year old girl, didn’t you?


62 posted on 08/21/2018 9:56:03 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: IronJack

Understand this. She did not think she was setting herself on fire as in burning herself. It is a trick where the alcohol burns off so quickly you are not supposed to get burnt. Do you really think the video shows a person being injured?

The cruelty and callousness shown towards a child who is suffering greatly (or soon will be) by you and so many others disgusts me to no end. Y’all should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.


63 posted on 08/21/2018 10:00:48 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance

I was the Jr. Fire Marshal when I was 9...we understood fully the danger of open flames....

Who in their right mind even wants to be in the same room with alcohol and an open flame?


64 posted on 08/21/2018 10:03:50 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: lastchance

Sure did. 12 year old girls can’t be stupid?

L


65 posted on 08/21/2018 10:05:08 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: COBOL2Java

The formula:
Add the % of body burned to the age of the victim
If the number is less than 100 the patient will likely recover.

49+12 = 61 she’ll survive....I think.


66 posted on 08/21/2018 10:12:54 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.- George Orwell)
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To: SMARTY; lastchance

“I was the Jr. Fire Marshal when I was 9...we understood fully the danger of open flames....”

My Brownie Troop went to the local Fire Department and gave us a fire safety course. So we knew back then!


67 posted on 08/21/2018 10:15:18 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Even when I was 6 years old I knew that I didn’t want to be set on fire.


68 posted on 08/21/2018 10:15:33 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Lurker

She did a foolish and dangerous thing after being shown that it could be done safely. She lacked the maturity to assess the risk of such a trick.


69 posted on 08/21/2018 10:16:49 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Morgana

Stupid hurts, but nobody deserves this. Prayers up for the burned young lady. She is dumb, but a lot of kids are dumb before they full mature. She is payinga terribleprice for it. The only good that come out of it is if oter dumb kids ate disuaded to try it after seeing what she is going through.

Prayers up. Poor kid. It is just awful.


70 posted on 08/21/2018 10:17:49 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (End the Mueller Gestapo now. Free the Donald.)
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To: Morgana

An example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yPd5ycIwWs

You will NOT believe it

(not gory, safe for work, just insane)


71 posted on 08/21/2018 10:19:12 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: lastchance; IronJack; SMARTY

“The cruelty and callousness shown towards a child who is suffering greatly (or soon will be) by you and so many others disgusts me to no end. Y’all should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves.”

Look we all know she was a 12 year old we just find it hard to believe she has the IQ of an ash tray. None of my friends at age 12 ever tried anything like this!

I could tell you some wild Camp stories involving a campfire but that is it! Stuff like that usually involved trying to build the biggest bonfire not burn the natives or ourselves.

Taking alcohol and setting ourselves on fire? Oh that never crossed our minds!
We had too much fire safety instilled in us to do something so stupid like this.

Also Smarty since you a Jr Firefighter tell me something. Alcohol fires can’t be put out with water can’t they? You need something else like baking soda or fire extinguisher due to nature of how oily isopropyl alcohol is. This child should have “Stopped dropped and rolled” but had not been taught this. Her parents (mother) should have put a blanket on her to smother the flames or am I correct?


72 posted on 08/21/2018 10:27:22 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: lastchance

If anyone should be ashamed, it is people like you who excuse the idiotic behavior of others, thereby sheltering future idiots from the consequences of their actions.

Guilt delivery refused.


73 posted on 08/21/2018 10:32:00 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: freedomlover; Chode

You have to be kidding me!!!! If I were his mom or dad I’d beat the living you know what out of him with a rolling pin or frying pan till the cops came then I’d show them the video and sure hope the cops held him while I beat him some more!!!!


74 posted on 08/21/2018 10:35:39 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: freedomlover

That guy is an idiot and he’s lucky he didn’t burn the house down.


75 posted on 08/21/2018 10:37:29 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

Alcohol fires can’t be put out with water can’t they?
WRONG!!!

Alcohol dissolves in water. The “set your hand on fire with alcohol” trick ends with dunking your flaming hand in water.

GASOLINE is immiscible with water and requires a dry fire extinguisher


77 posted on 08/21/2018 10:42:00 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

Most alcohols are fairly soluble in water and diluting them will ptevent them from igniting.


78 posted on 08/21/2018 11:19:51 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: NorthMountain; SMARTY

Am not a firefighter nor do I play one on TV so is why was asking the JR firefighter here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCz5qppicY


79 posted on 08/21/2018 11:37:12 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Jesus.


80 posted on 08/21/2018 11:49:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (On future maps, I suggest we remove the word "California" and substitute "Open-Air Asylum".)
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