Fox
2 Detroit reported that Timiyah
Landers of Detroit poured
rubbing alcohol on herself and then lit it on fire. She was rushed to the
hospital, where she will require multiple surgeries after suffering burns on 49
percent of her body,
Landers'
mother Brandi Owens told
Fox 2 Detroit that she had made pancakes for Timiyah and two friends and taken
a short nap. She woke up to the sound of an explosion and saw her daughter
running down the hall, on fire. Owens' fianceé rushed Timiyah to the bathtub
and sprayed her down with water, according to Fox 2.
Owens
said in a statement for an online fundraiser for Timiyah that the incident
"has shocked and shaken our entire family to the core."
According
to the report, the fire challenge has been around since at least 2012. It
involves pouring rubbing alcohol on yourself and then lighting it on fire
before rushing to a bathtub or other body of water to extinguish it, all while
filming. Because rubbing alcohol is a thin liquid, it usually burns quickly and
sometimes does no harm.

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