New warning for parents amid new 'fire-breathing' social media trend

PITCAIRN, Pa. -- Authorities successful occidental Pennsylvania accidental a teen is fortunate to beryllium live aft trying a caller 'fire-breathing' situation connected societal media involving isopropyl alcohol.

The teen from Pitcairn was intubated and treated for burns to the look and chest.

"Luckily, successful this peculiar case, it did not pain the gathering down," said Al Hussey, Wilmerding Borough Fire Marshal. "But idiosyncratic truly got hurt, and, you know, is going to person life-altering injuries."

Parents are being urged to wage adjacent attraction to what their children person entree to erstwhile it comes to household products.

"If they're doing their hairsbreadth with chemicals, if they're taking isopropyl intoxicant successful the room, oregon immoderate benignant of fingernail polish remover. Obviously, show your lighters and your matches and amended your children," said Hussey.

In caller weeks, determination person been aggregate cases of children injured aft allegedly being inspired by trends oregon stunts online.

A 9-year-old successful Illinois suffered third-degree burns when a artifact helium enactment into the microwave burst. A 7-year-old seemingly trying to transcript the aforesaid situation ended up successful a coma.

The artifact institution says it worked with societal media companies to region videos showing misuse of the product.