DAYTON, Ohio ( WJW ) — A 14-year-old girl was in her bedroom removing nail polish last month when an explosion broke out.
Fumes from the liquid remover reportedly came too close to a nearby burning candle, causing the Ohio teen, Kennedy, to catch fire. Her screams caused her siblings to come running. They were able to help her out of the room and called 911.
“It was a horrific scene of her being covered in bubbles and welts and her skin being melted away,” Kennedy’s mother, Brandi, recently told People magazine , recounting the early January incident.
The scary incident left Kennedy covered in burns over 13% of her body, including on her arm, hands, stomach, and thighs, according to Shriners Children’s Ohio in Dayton where Kennedy’s family sought treatment.
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Kennedy explained to Shriners that doing her nails before school games — she’s a cheerleader and plays the saxophone — is something she’s done many times before, never thinking about the flammability of the beauty supplies used.