Posted on 05/10/2019 3:50:37 PM PDT by Drew68
Layne Chesney, the teenager who was badly burned in a New Year's Eve bonfire, has died. She was 15.
Chesney was burned over the majority of her body. She had been recovering in a hospital since the incident on Dec. 31, 2017.
According to a post on her mother's Facebook page, Layne died today.
"Layne was called home today by our creator. She fought a hard battle right until the end- never wanting to quit- because quitting was not in her nature..." says the post, which was published just before 12:30 p.m.
"We are heart broken, but remain always grateful that she was a part of our lives and world- we just wish it had been for a lot longer with us here on Earth.
"We ask that you give the family time to grieve. Leigh Ann has asked that contacts not be made as they all need time to grieve, process, and move through this terrible loss.
"Thank you all for your love, prayers and support that you have shown for Layne and our family. We are broken."
In December, close to the anniversary of the fire, her mother Leigh Ann Chesney said that Layne was fighting through good and bad days .
Layne was burned after she tried to put gasoline on a fire-pit at a friend's house, and the can exploded, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said. Three other people were injured.
The Fort Pierce teen attended Lincoln Park Academy and was a star softball player with the Jensen Beach Wildcats.
Stories like this make me look back at all the truly stupid and dangerous things I did in my life and give heartfelt thanks to our Lord for protecting me from myself.
Prayers Up! for the soul of the young lady and for all her friends and family.
Unforgettable. I bet that video has saved lives.
“It doesn’t always happen, and in fact it probably doesn’t even happen most times...”
My old man would put a bit of gas in a metal coffee can and then throw it on the fire - only the bonfire would catch.
Around 5th grade I tried it. It fired right back into the can which I dropped when it went “woosh”. Most of the gas was on the fire, but enough in the can with fire on the dirt around the bonfire.
Me and my buddy stamped out the few spots on the ground and looking up to the cabin to see if my mom had seen. My grandmother, sitting in her lawn chair four feet away just said “Boys - you probably shouldn’t tell your mother about this. And needless to say - you’ll never do that again, right!?”
she’s with the Lord now.....so sorry for her suffering.......if we could just lock away our kids in their bedrooms for ever and keep them safe, but that is not life.
Sad. Poor kid. RIP.
How horrible for her family and friends to have to watch her long-term suffering...may God ease their hearts and comfort them.
Thanks for the link
Thanks for the advice, however I too use diesel as the main fire starter. Sometimes used motor oil or a mixture of both.
I burn in the winter, typically when there is snow cover and temps around 0. Diesel poured on to snow covered trees/brush will not ignite. Diesel is very hot and long burning and the best thing to get a fire going, but it simply will not light under those conditions, so gasoline warms it and lights it.
I first get a small fire going with one of those large propane torches that use a 20 pound bottle. TSC sells the torches. Then on goes the oil, then the bottle full of gas. A ball of flames will shoot 15 feet or more into the air, but it warms the oil and melts the snow enough to get the whole thing going.
Such is life in the north.
I truly feel sorry for the poor girl of this story, and those she’s left behind. From my experience, I can see how she got burned from a fire that probably lasted less than a minute, unless she dumped a whole gallon on.
When I was a kid I knew better and a young person getting burned like this just was not heard of. There is so little common sense with kids these days.
[[Diesel poured on to snow covered trees/brush will not ignite.]]
This is why you use Kerosene or Charcoal lighter. It has the correct volatility to light by flame yet not burst into flame quickly. It has a much lower volatility than gasoline. Don’t forget gas today has alcohol in it too. That makes it even more volatile. Volatility means vapor producing at normal temperatures.
Diesel is #2 fuel oil. Meaning it is “combustible”. In other words it will burn under the right conditions. It needs to reach a certain temperature or pressure to ignite.
I work on oil fired equipment. The #2 is vaporized at upwards of 140 PSI through a nozzle in the combustion chamber where it mixes with the correct amount of air. Then it is lit by a spark easily. You can’t duplicate this on a brush pile. You are using gasoline in an attempt to do so.
A lower volatility fuel like Kerosene or Charcoal lighter will light by flame easily but not quickly relative to gasoline. It is the vapor that burns. Kerosene is just above #2 on the cracking scale.
Sometimes we use Kerosene in above ground fuel tank situations to fight congealment in cold weather. We drop the nozzle size accordingly because Kero is more volatile than #2.
Whatever you do. Be safe. I’ve seen enough people get needlessly burned to last me a lifetime. Had a friend during high school hit a tree with his motorcycle. He was covered with gas when the tank ruptured. The plastic face shield of his helmet melted to his face in the ensuing fire. He survived by some miracle.
Powerful video. Thank you for sharing.
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