TikTok challenge gone wrong caused South Shore fire, explosion that critically burned baby, 2 others: police
<p>A TikTok challenge gone wrong caused a South Shore apartment fire and explosion that left a 1-year-old boy clinging to life, with burns covering more than 60 percent of his body Saturday evening, according to a Chicago police.</p><p>Two adults, including a 29-year-old man who suffered burns was in critical condition at a hospital, were also injured during the incident. </p><p>The fire and explosion erupted around 6:35 p.m.
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<p>A TikTok challenge gone wrong caused a South Shore apartment fire and explosion that left a 1-year-old boy clinging to life, with burns covering more than 60 percent of his body Saturday evening, according to a Chicago police.</p><p>Two adults, including a 29-year-old man who suffered burns was in critical condition at a hospital, were also injured during the incident. </p><p>The fire and explosion erupted around 6:35 p.m. Saturday in the 6800 block of South Merrill Street after the baby's cousin placed rubbing alcohol inside of a microwave as part of a TikTok challenge, according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times. </p><p>As fire officials were working on the boy, his mother allegedly became upset at the pace they were working and took her son in her own vehicle to try and find a hospital before arriving at Comer Children's Hospital roughly two hours later, the police report states.
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- <p>A TikTok challenge gone wrong caused a South Shore apartment fire and explosion that left a 1-year-old boy clinging to life, with burns covering more than 60 percent of his body Saturday evening, according to a Chicago police.</p><p>Two adults, including a 29-year-old man who suffered burns was in critical condition at a hospital, were also injured during the incident. </p><p>The fire and explosion erupted around 6:35 p.m.
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