16-Year-Old Burned Nearly 80 Percent Of His Body After TikTok Challenge Gone Wrong
perezhilton.comThis is horrible. A teenager from North Carolina has been hospitalized with severe burns on his body after attempting a TikTok challenge that went wrong.
According to WRAL, 16-year-old Mason Dark was out with his friends last Sunday when they decided to try and complete a dangerous video challenge on TikTok that involved spaying a can of spray paint into a lighter to create a makeshift flamethrower.
But the experiment went awry, as the can exploded suddenly. The teen was then engulfed in flames. OMG! His mom, Holli Dark, recalled to the outlet on Thursday: Related: Texas Man Allegedly Pauses Date To Kill Fake Parking Lot Attendant Over $40 Mason jumped into a river near his home in Wake Forest in order to put out the fire and soothe his pain.
But when he emerged from the water, his body sustained some serious injuries. The teenager was rushed to the hospital and remains at the UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill, where he had surgery.
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