South Florida boy severely burned by sparklers on NYE set to leave hospital

A South Florida boy who’s been hospitalized since sparklers left him severely burned on New Year’s Eve will be heading home soon.

“I was playing with my cousin with the fireworks,” 9-year-old Santiago Claudio said.

Claudio said he went to light his cousin’s sparklers to celebrate the New Year and the burning sparkler came too close to his chest, igniting his shirt…

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