Firefighters responded to a home in the
1000 block of Sugar Maple Drive in Davidsonville around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
A
14-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were burned after filling a tiki torch
with kerosene when it ignited, official said.
Both teens jumped into a swimming pool
to try and extinguish the flames, officials said.
A 14-year-old boy received second-degree
burns over 25 percent of his body after his shirt caught fire, and the
12-year-old girl received less serious burns over 5 percent of her body.
Officials said both teens suffered first-degree burns.
Both teens were taken by Maryland State
Police helicopter to Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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