Man sets girlfriend on fire while trying to light barbecue with a can of PETROL
- Teenager due to have skin graft after 36% burns to legs
Blaze: Lindsey Plant suffered 36% burns when her boyfriend accidentally threw burning petrol over her at a barbecue
A teenager accidentally set his girlfriend on fire while trying to light a disposable barbecue with a bowl of petrol.
Chris Flintoff, 19, had become frustrated that the barbecue wouldn't light so got a dish of petrol and poured it on the fire. But the flames shot back up and set to his hands on fire.
Desperate to put out the flames, he threw the bowl behind him not realising his 19-year-old girlfriend, Lindsey Plant, was walking there to fetch her mobile phone.
The burning petrol hit the law student's legs causing 36 per cent burns.
The emergency services were called and an ambulance, rapid response vehicle and air ambulance were then sent to the property in Walsall on Saturday afternoon.
She was treated at the scene before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Ronald Poole, 68, said his grandson had been trying to get a fire started when he poured petrol on it.
The grandfather-of-four said: 'They bought a disposable barbecue and tried to light it but it kept going out.
'He got this dish of petrol and poured a bit on the fire, but the fire travelled back up and his hands caught fire.
'He had to get rid of the bowl to put his hands out and he chucked it behind him. Unfortunately she was walking behind him to get her phone, he didn't know.
'The bowl hit her legs and it caught fire. He managed to put it out with his hands but she's burnt terribly. It's all the way down her legs to her ankles.
'She's going to have a skin graft tomorrow, I'd give her my own skin if I could. Lindsey is just such a lovely, lovely girl. Everyone in the family likes her. They've been together for two years now, he's absolutely devastated.'
'She's a lovely girl. She studies law at Sheffield University. I only wish the best for her.'
The emergency services were called and an ambulance, rapid response vehicle and air ambulance were then sent to this property in Walsall on Saturday
The teenager's sister Naomi Plant, wrote on her Facebook page: 'really hopes my sisters ok see you soon love you xxxxxxx'
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Steve Parry, said: 'It appears that a 19-year-old woman received serious burns to both legs after attempts to light a barbecue resulted in a flash back.'
Ambulance crews treated the woman at the scene before she was taken by land ambulance to the nearby fire station, where she was transferred to the air ambulance.
West Midlands Fire Service has issued a warning to anyone using barbecues following this incident.
Fire service spokesman Bill Gough said people should never use petrol, paraffin or any other highly flammable liquid on their barbecues.
He said: 'It is a very violent reaction when it occurs. It is almost explosive when people use petrol.
'Firefighters issued warnings to people to take care when using a barbecue this weekend.
'Families are advised to keep a bucket of water, sand or a garden hose nearby - and to never use petrol or paraffin to start or revive a barbecue.'
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