A 12-year-old boy from the Palamas area of Karditsa was transferred intubated and in critical condition to the Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital in Athens after suffering severe burns in a household accident.
According to karditsapress, the incident occurred while family members were attempting to light a fireplace. Under unclear circumstances, the alcohol (ethanol) used to start the fire ignited, causing a flare-up that inflicted serious burns on the child.
The boy was initially taken to the General Hospital of Karditsa, where doctors determined he needed to be intubated and urgently moved to a specialized pediatric burns unit in Athens because of the severity of his injuries (source: karditsapress).
