Authorities are issuing a cautionary tail.
According to multiple reports, an 18-year-old from Glocester, Rhode Island, suffered severe second- and third-degree burns on his back after participating in a dangerous TikTok “fire challenge” on the afternoon of Saturday, September 6th.
The incident occurred at the Slatersville Reservoir in nearby North Smithfield, where the teen allegedly poured gasoline on himself, ignited it, and then jumped off an old railroad trestle into the water below—a stunt popularized on social media that has led to numerous injuries and hospitalizations nationwide…