Disappointed student, 18, is airlifted to hospital with serious burns after accidentally setting himself on FIRE while incinerating his HSC results
- Sydney student has suffered serious burns after trying to incinerate HSC results
- Teenager had to be airlifted to hospital with burns to his upper and lower body
- He was rushed to the Royal North Shore Hospital on Thursday
A Sydney teenager has been airlifted to hospital after seriously burning himself while setting fire to his HSC notes.
The 18-year-old was left with multiple burns to his upper and lower body after torching piles of school study notes at a property in Arcadia, a semi-rural suburb in Sydney’s northwest, on Thursday morning.
CareFlight’s rapid response rescue helicopter was rushed to the scene at 9am.
A Sydney teenager has had to be airlifted to hospital (pictured) after seriously burning himself while setting fire to his HSC notes
‘The patient was treated at the scene by CareFlight’s specialist doctor and critical care paramedic for multiple burns to his upper and lower body,’ a CareFlight statement read.
Police and firefighters from the Rural Fire Service were also present on the scene as paramedics treated the teenager.
He was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.
The teenager’s attempts to burn completely incinerate his HSC results which were released on Thursday ended with him accidentally setting himself alight and suffering burns to his lower and upper body (file photo)