Boy, 17, Thought He Was ‘Going to Die’ After He Was Severely Burned by Bonfire

A Virginia teenager is speaking out after suffering serious burns during a Thanksgiving bonfire that suddenly spiraled out of control.

Garrett Albertson, 17, of Gloucester, was attending a bonfire on Thursday, Nov. 27, when the flames intensified as people continued adding fuel, he told NBC affiliate WAVY.

At one point, Albertson said, a can of accelerant was dropped — and that’s when “the fire shot out” and hit him in the face…

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