That IS a different take for sure.
It’s a different take because it omits how the fire started in the first place, and whether or not it was the kids who threw the gas who called the fire department or some third party that just happened to see the fire from a distance.
For all anyone can tell the boys left the burned one to die and hid.
Hopefully it was just a case of horrible stupidity and they ran to get help rather than thinking of themselves.