A SCHOOLBOY was left begging his mum to let him die after he was set ablaze in a freak fire accident.
Hunter Jory was playing with pals in a field during the school holidays when disaster struck.
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Another child lit a small fire – but another hurled a petrol can onto the flames, causing a huge explosion that engulfed Hunter, 12,
The youngster managed to run to a mate’s house, who called his mum Kim.
She rushed him to a nearby doctor’s surgery while waiting for an ambulance.
Kim, from Sheffield, said her son was in so much pain he pleaded with her to end his suffering.
“It was heartbreaking,” Kim, 38, said.
“When I got the call saying Hunter was in agony and needed to go to hospital, I assumed he’d been run over.
“I didn’t think for a minute that he’d been set on fire.
“I was mortified.
“One child lit a fire on a field using a flint of some sort.
“Another thought it was be a good idea to throw a can of fuel on it.
“The fire went up in flames and so did Hunter because he was stood close to it.
“He remembers his right hand side going up in flames.
“Hunter dropped and rolled and two friends tried to take his coat off him.
“He ran and collapsed outside a friends house.
“I took him to the doctors because there’s one five doors down.
“They put a cannula in and kept putting water on him until the ambulance came.
“He was saying ‘mum, just kill me’.”
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PAINFUL INJURIES
Hunter suffered horrific burns last Monday.
Kim said: “It took skin and tissue on his right thigh, leg and knee.
“It took hair on the right side of his head, it took the back of his ear off, skin off his forehead, nose, lips, eyelids and hands from trying to take his clothes off.
“His skin was still cooking when we got to the hospital and he was screaming ‘put me out’.”
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The boy was rushed into theatre where surgeons removed and dressed the burnt skin.
He will be scarred for life and need repeated skin grafts until adulthood.
Kim added: “Scarring tissue doesn’t stretch so every time he grows, the scarred tissue will rip.
“His face isn’t the same face as before.
“I’ve explained it to Hunter but he hasn’t really processed it yet.”
CALL FOR HELP
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Hunter’s friends have launched a fundraising page to help adapt his home, as doctors say he may struggle with stairs.
His mum is now determined to raise awareness about the dangers of fire.
She said: “I want to kill the kids and the parents are devastated but it’s not their fault.
“There isn’t enough awareness around fires for kids.
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“Teach your children about playing with fire.
“You don’t expect it to happen to your child.
“Hunter is lucky that he ran in the direction that he did because if he’d gone the other way, I would have been none the wiser and he would have been cooking in a field, screaming in pain on his own.”
To donate, go to the Go Fund Me page – Donate to Hunters home and recovery aid.
How to treat burns
Your skin has three layer; the outer layer (epidermis), the dermis (which contains vessels, nerves, hair follicles) and the deeper layer of fat (subcutis).
A full thickness burn is when all layers of skin are damaged, while a superficial burn is when only the top layer has been effected.
The NHS says to treat a burn:
- Immediately get the person away from the heat source
- Remove any clothing or jewellery, including babies’ nappies, but do not move anything that’s stuck to the skin
- Cool the burn with cool or lukewarm running water for 20 to 30 minutes – do not use ice, iced water, or any creams or greasy substances like butter
- Make sure the person keeps warm by using a blanket, for example
- After cooling the burn, cover the burn by placing a layer of cling film over it – a clean plastic bag could also be used for burns on your hand
- Use painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen
- Raise the affected area if possible to reduce swelling
- If it’s an acid or chemical burn, dial 999, carefully try to remove the chemical and any contaminated clothing, and rinse the affected area using as much clean water as possible
You should go to a hospital A&E department for:
- All chemical and electrical burns
- Large or deep burns – any burn bigger than the injured person’s hand
- Burns that cause white or charred skin – any size
- Burns on the face, neck, hands, feet, any joints or genitals
