Boy suffers burns trying to light up ant nest

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-08 08:54

A boy who set fire to an ant nest for fun suffered serious burns and must be hospitalized in Yangpu, Hainan province, for several weeks.

Xiao Jun, a primary school student, burned himself after he and two other classmates started the fire in a mountainous area.

Doctors said about 15 percent of Xiao's body was burned.

(Nanguo Metropolis Daily)