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Boy's Costume Catches Fire at School
Thu Oct 30, 6:32 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!


ELLSWORTH, Maine - A high school student suffered severe burns
after his Army sniper costume of leaves and a grass-like material
was set on fire by a classmate during a Halloween assembly
Thursday, police said.

A 15-year-old at Ellsworth High School was charged with starting
the fire with a lighter after allegedly saying, "I wonder if this will
burn," police Lt. Harold Page said.

Donald Awalt, 14, of Ellsworth, was airlifted to a Boston hospital
with third-degree burns. He suffered burns to his back, legs and
head, Page said. His condition was not immediately released.

"This is just a prank gone horrifically wrong," Page said.

The entire school — about 500 students, many in costume — was
at the "Spook Day" assembly in the school gymnasium when the
flames broke out at the top of the bleachers.

Some people initially thought it was a joke when they saw the
flames. Then students bolted for the exits in a panic.

The victim ran down to the floor, where students and a school
worker used a fire extinguisher and a coat to smother the flames.

The 15-year-old was charged with reckless conduct, aggravated
assault and arson and taken to a youth detention center in
Charleston, Page said. The boy was remorseful and said he never
intended for anyone to be hurt, Page said.

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It is dumb ass kids like this that make holidays go bye bye.

Wow that is horrible. Poor kid :(

Jeez, what the heck are on peoples minds now adays? "I wonder if he'll burn?" people like this ruin the fun for everyone. Yet another law suit is likely to emerge.

Does anybody see LAWSUIT here. Parent's against the school district, the other kid's parents, everyone else at the assembly.
Like you said, No more dress up days at school for sure.

Wow, one of the few kids who really deserves to be in juvey, instead of the kid caught with a dooby:rolleyes:

"I wonder if this will burn" he says. What the hell is wrong with that kid. Well i guess he got the answer to his question. How stupid of him!

Wow... what a retard. Just...wow.

this kind of person is why it is unsafe to drive the highways, our insurance is high, and lawyers prosper

the word dumbass comes to mind

Huh. A sniper suit like in Ghost Recon. Wish I thought of that for Holloween.

wow that really is incredibly stupid. Are kids in high school allowed to have matches or lighters? Not that they're that hard to hide.

Poop kid, I hope he get well soon.

give the kid some slack, maybe he was dressed up as a dumbass for halloween or something.. and he was just acting the role..... nvm, he's a dumbass.

Oweee. Ouch. Oof. Ouch.
That about sums it up.

too many tragedies have started with the ponderance "I wonder if this will burn" :rolleyes:

Give him a break- he's 15. Yes it was stupid, and with no thought to the consequences, but at that age a child would probably not think such a serious result would occur. He was probably thinking along the lines of "this leaf will smoke and maybe burn up a bit and i'll put it out and my buddies will have a good laugh."
I've seen many more older and (presumably) more responsible people commit acts much more idiotic and dangerous for the sake of a laugh and got lucky when it went wrong. I'm sure this kid learned a very important lesson about fire and the consequences for his actions.

heh 15 year olds should have more common sense than taking risks involving fire.

15 year olds with lighters are probably smoking, they have no reason to have a lighter otherwise.