6-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized After Playing With Lighter, Setting Herself On Fire

6-Year-Old Girl Severely Burnt After Playing With Lighter

A 6-year-old girl was hospitalized with second-degree burns Monday evening after she accidentally set herself on fire while playing with a Bic lighter in Chicago.

The girl had been playing with the lighter in her grandmother's bedroom, in a home located in the 1600 block of North Laramie Avenue in the city's North Austin neighborhood, when paramedics were called to the scene around 10:30 p.m. Monday, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The girl's shirt had caught on fire before the flames spread to her body. According to ABC Chicago, she was transported to Stroger Hospital in a life support ambulance in critical condition, but her condition has since improved to serious-to-stable.

The girl's parents were also at the home during the time of the accident, but were in another room, according to ABC.

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