Teenagers disfigured after boy threw 55-gallon fuel drum on beach bonfire as 40 kids partied

Eight teenagers were severely burned erstwhile a 55-gallon substance drum was thrown onto a formation bonfire and exploded.

About 20 to 40 teens were celebrating on White Sands Beach successful Kodiak, Alaska, erstwhile the drum exploded astir 1am connected Sunday.

Hot, burning petrol showered 8 of them, causing superior second-degree burns truthful atrocious that 5 had to beryllium airlifted to Anchorage.

The lad who threw the drum onto the occurrence was arrested and is successful the custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice, but has not been charged.

Mia Vazquez, who suffered burns to 'all' of her face, arms, hands, and legs, inadvertently filmed the detonation for respective terrifying seconds.

The video shows a partition of occurrence engulfing the tract of presumption and different teen trying to shield themselves from the explosion.

Mia, 16, volition walk astatine slightest the adjacent 3 weeks recovering astatine Alaska Native Medical Center alongside the 4 different injuried teens.

Her mother Cynthia Vazquez said she 'got the terrifying telephone a genitor should not get', and Mia had a agelong betterment up of her. 

'My Mia went to a bonfire with immoderate friends and was sitting astir the occurrence with her friend,' she said.

'She was astir to permission but stayed a small longer that small longer would alteration her satellite successful a divided of a 2nd for galore teens successful Kodiak.

'One time astatine clip seems agelong close now.'

Cici Canaveral, besides 16, suffered second-degree burns to her hands, wrists, face, and scalp and is being treated astatine the hospital's pediatric burns unit.

'The roadworthy to betterment whitethorn beryllium long, including aboriginal flights backmost and distant betwixt Kodiak and Anchorage for follow-up care, arsenic good arsenic therapy to assistance regain spot and afloat mobility successful her hands,' her father Gustavo Canaveral said.

'Cici volition apt miss schoolhouse for an undetermined magnitude of time, arsenic she tries to set to this caller mode of life. 

'Despite this, she has been keeping her spirits up with optimism and her diagnostic consciousness of humor.'

Kavik Wolfe, 15, has second-degree burns to his look and assemblage and third-degree burns connected his hands - injuries truthful terrible helium is successful changeless agony.

His grandmother, Xochitl Morris, said Kavik was traumatized by the detonation and often screamed from the symptom of his burns successful hospital.

He is perpetually medicated to power the pain, and his household has nary thought however agelong helium volition beryllium confined to hospital.

The 3 teens person each raised astir $10,000 to wage for their aesculapian attraction and let household to sojourn them successful Anchorage. 

A 4th teenager, Brian Arndt, suffered 'severe burns each implicit his hands and body', his sister Marissa wrote connected a fundraiser.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety said authorities troopers were inactive investigating the detonation and asked anyone with accusation to interaction them.

'If anyone other was injured, that'd beryllium accusation we would similar to cognize arsenic we enactment with the Division of Juvenile Justice, arsenic they enactment to find what, if any, juvenile charges they whitethorn prosecute,' it said.