Boy, 12, undergoes skin graft after sun exposure caused popular toy to explode
A 12-year-old UK boy had to undergo surgery after a squishy toy left on a windowsill exploded, showering him with molten goo. “He was in the kitchen and suddenly started screaming,” Aarti Narula, 44, told Kennedy News of the horrific incident, which occurred at her home in Meyerside.
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A 12-year-old UK boy had to undergo surgery after a squishy toy left on a windowsill exploded, showering him with molten goo. “He was in the kitchen and suddenly started screaming,” Aarti Narula, 44, told Kennedy News of the horrific incident, which occurred at her home in Meyerside. This was one of a rash of NeeDoh-related accidents that have befallen children over the past couple of months. Aarti’s son Avyaan had reportedly been playing with a cube of NeeDoh, which she purchased from Lidl, on July 17 during the brutal heatwave that scorched the UK.
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Boy, 12, undergoes skin graft after sun exposure caused popular toy to explode
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