A 14-year-old girl who suffered horrendous burns in a gas explosion during the summer has issued a stark warning to teens everywhere to stay away from aerosol cans.
"One flick of a lighter ruined my life and changed it forever," said Jessica Woods.
Now having undergone 18 different surgeries and facing even more in the future, she has bravely opened up about her ordeal so that others can learn from her experience.
Jessica and three pals, who were all aged between 12 and 14, received shocking burns in the flash explosion at a house at Ascail Fionnan in Drogheda last August 3, but Jessica's were to prove the worst.
"I was spraying the cans in the bedroom of the house. I had heard you can get a buzz from it, but I didn't know the dangers of the gas filling up the room,"
Source: independent.ie, 01/01/2015