Unreal...Woman washes kids with gasoline, explosion occurs.

[arhaney]

This happened this morning in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it. Lady in a housing project was told to get rid of lice, bath the kids in gas............which she did. Something set them off (They think a gas wall heater in the bathroom) and caused 60-90% burns on her AND ALL THREE KIDS. Whats the world coming to. I'll post more as becomes available.

[Firefighter2230]

wow just wow

[KEEPBACK200FEET]

I've said it once and I'll say it again. People like this should be taken out back and shot.

[hwoods]

Yesterday (Tuesday) South of us in St. Marys County Md. a medivac Helicopter was requested for a child with severe burns from being covered with Gasoline. Strange..............

[PFire23]

Very sad indeed.

You get these "old wives tales" going around and it is inevitable that someone, somewhere...... probably not the sharpest crayon in the box....... is going to buy into it. I believe this is a classic case of that.

For the life of me, I cannot fathom how a mother could even consider washing her children in gasoline, however, with that being said, I feel for her. This is a "mistake" that she will pay for and regret for the rest of her life, her children will also have to pay for their mother's lack of forethought.

Why am I envisioning a new warning sign at the pumps ..... "not for hygenic purposes"

[Spectre08]

these days it would probably have been cheaper to go to the doctor and get medication, even if you didn't have insuranceh.

[Tillerman17]

Tragic, gotta be an entrant for this years Darwin awards.

[pvfire424]

Tragic, gotta be an entrant for this years Darwin awards.

I was just thinking along the same lines. Hopefully she wont procreate anymore ( to qualify for honorable mention).

And maybe , just maybe the kids will learn something ( at least what NOT to do)

It makes me sad to see children in such conditions. There are plenty of families out there who could be competent parents, that can't have their own, then there are those out there who can reproduce at will, and should have no business raising kids.

[spearsm]

This happened this morning in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it. Lady in a housing project was told to get rid of lice, bath the kids in gas............which she did. Something set them off (They think a gas wall heater in the bathroom) and caused 60-90% burns on her AND ALL THREE KIDS. Whats the world coming to. I'll post more as becomes available.

Heard anything else Alan? I missed the news last night.

After talking with you yesterday, I asked a teacher about what maybe she had heard people say they have used vs a store bought remedy. "Well, maybe kerosene, but not gas!"

My jaw dropped. Please. just go to the friggin store and buy something made to kill lice without the flammability/combustibility.

How horrible for that family.

Praying for the kids.

[pwrstrkinsmketr]

Lets hope someone didnt rub butter into the wounds to cool them

[BD6413]

Well let's see......Woman in a housing project. Most of these places are scumb pits to begin with and have residential clientel that don't have the brains they were born with. Children sometimes have lice....it happens in school, playgrounds, etc...kids get it - it's a known fact.

You can't tell me that this "parent" had no previous education on how to deal with this. Someone tells her to use gasoline and she does......fu##ing idiot. This is a person who should have never reproduced in the first place if she can't be responsibile enough to properley care for her children's health. - Gasoline to bathe out lice......What Eienstien came up with that ? Must be a Project thing.

I'm sorry but if I seem angry and looks like I'm targeting a group of people well so be it......Most Project dwellers are always screaming poor mouth, can't find their babies daddys, cry welfare won't pay - yet they won't go out and get an education, a job, or attempt to better them-selves because it's the states responsibility. I hear it all the time especially in the some of the projects and state subsidized homes I respond to each tour. Absolutley pathetic. I hope the children recover.

[Firetacoma1]

My sister and I had to take a terpentine bath when we were young... we had decided to play in fiberglass insulation in the attic. But it was outside. I dunno, I turned out ok. I turned out ok. I turned out ok. I turned out ok.

what were we talking about?

[spearsm]

Lets hope someone didnt rub butter into the wounds to cool them

No, no. That would be Mayo or Salad Dressing.

[transplant]

Thanks for the horrendous story. I think I am going to be sick.
I have mentioned to others that in doing this work, the thing that sticks with me and bothers me most, is not the injuries or the even the pain caused by injuries. It is walking into a house at 0dark30 and seeing two kids that haven't been bathed in weeks living in their own filth or the man in the 8x12 trailer, naked in his own filth. It's the house with no running water and kids with flea bites so bad their ankles have scar lines above their socks. But, you can bet there is beer in the fridge and cigs on the countertop.
When people get in accidents or have their house catch fire, nine times out of ten, it's unintentional. But when people CHOOSE to live like that, like stupid animals, it's usually by choice. They choose to drink enough, smoke enough, snort enough, not work enough, not learn enough, whatever, and now the kids get to pay for it. Every daggone time! The kids pay for it.
Even without the fire, the children must having been peeling the tile out of the bathtub from having gas scrubbed into young skin. Dear God, please comfort these young souls and speed their healing. Please don't ever let them be returned to their mother and let them be cared for by a loving man and woman that will see to their needs properly.
Oh, I am done. That is it for this post.

[arhaney]

Quick update, the 1 year old has died at the burn center in Atlanta.

You would think that something just has to happen (legal wise) to this mother.

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Is there a link to the story you can post?

[tyler101]

Here ya go Gonz, http://www.cdispatch.com/

[tyler101]

Full Story:

From: http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/20...ries/top01.txt

ABERDEEN - One child has died and two others and their mother remain in critical condition at a Georgia hospital today after they were severely burned Wednesday in an explosion at their home.

The children and their mother were injured when a gas water heater exploded while the mother was using gasoline to rid herself and her daughters of lice.

The children, ages 1, 4 and 8, as well as the mother, Cassandra Armstrong, were flown by jet to the Joseph Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon after suffering burns to 60 to 90 percent of their bodies.

One of the children died there hospital officials said this morning but officials would not disclose which child.

At 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, neighbors reported a loud explosion in the Short Street housing complex where the family lived.

“I was cleaning up my house when I heard a loud noise like somebody had run a car into the apartments,” said Ethel Haynes, who lives next door to the explosion. “It shook my apartment and I ran out of the house and saw my neighbors' daughter and her kids run out of the house, too. They were naked, and smoke was coming from their bodies and they were screaming and hollering.

“All I could see was the white meat of their bodies, they were burned so badly,” added Haynes.

Brandon and her kids were in the bathroom of the residence at 150 Short St. bathing in gasoline to rid themselves of lice, according to reports from neighbors. Armstrong's parents, Earnestine and Lucious Brandon, who also lived at the residence, were not injured in the fire because they were in another room, said Haynes.

Aberdeen Police Chief Walter Sykes said relatives and neighbors told him the mother and kids took off their clothes and got into the bathtub with two gallons of gasoline. A nearby water heater ignited the gasoline and caused the explosion, said Sykes.

“From what we've heard, they were trying to rid themselves of some kind of insect infestation,” said Sykes.

Haynes said she called 911 and got some sheets from her house to cover her burned neighbors.

“I asked what happened and they said they were in the bathtub and gas exploded,” said Haynes. “I've heard they were doing an old remedy to get rid of lice.”

The victims were transported from Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen by jet to the burn center in Augusta, Ga., around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Before the family was transported, their condition was “very critical,” according to Susan Grimes, public relations director for Pioneer Community Hospital.

The explosion sent shocks through the Aberdeen community.

“Every member of our medical team was in the emergency room working to stabilize the victims,” said Grimes. “Hundreds of concerned neighbors and family members had been streaming through the hospital, and many had already begun the journey to Augusta, Ga.

“A tragedy like this really shows whether or not a community can hold together,” Grimes added.

[arhaney]

Thanks Tyler101....

[tyler101]

Thanks Tyler101....

Anytime!