In the Line of Duty - WI Teen Suffers Severe Burns in 'Blowtorch' Game

A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized Saturday with burns on more than a quarter of his body after a blowtorch game with another teenage boy, authorities said.

The injured boy, who was not named, was sent to Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee, said Capt. Mark Rusboldt of the Manitowoc Fire Department.

Rusboldt said firefighters found the boy in the garage of a residence with burns to his back, head, face, both arms and hands.

The injured boy and another teen apparently used spray cans as blowtorches and would use them on each other, Rusboldt said. The other teen was not injured.

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