Young boy is rushed to hospital after being ‘seriously burned’ at Christmas event in south London church – while two adults are also injured
- Police were called to a church in Croydon, south London at around 2.30pm today
- A young boy was reported to have received serious burns at the Christmas event
- Child was taken to hospital by air ambulance while two adults were taken by road
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A young boy has been rushed to hospital after receiving serious burns during a Christmas event at a church in Croydon.
Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 2.21pm today to Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in south London.
A man and a woman were also reported to have received burn injuries and were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
London Air Ambulance and LAS attended the scene. Police were called to the church in Croydon on Wednesday, 11 December at 14:21
London Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service attended the scene. The child has been taken to hospital, his next of kin have been informed.
London Fire Brigade and Health and Safety Executive have also been informed.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: ‘We were called at 2:10pm today to reports of an incident on Bingham Road, Croydon.
‘We dispatched two ambulance crews, an emergency responder, a medic in a car and an incident response officer to the scene.
‘We also dispatched a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance.’
The incident took place at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church (above) on Bingham Road. Two adults were also treated for burns at the scene
A London Ambulance service spokesperson said three people were treated at the scene for burns, including a child, a man and a woman
The spokesman added: ‘We treated three people at the scene for burns including a child, a man and a woman.
‘We took the child to hospital by air and we took the man and the woman to hospital by road.’
MailOnline has contacted Our Lady of the Annunciation Church for comment.
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