Firefighters intervened on Sunday to rescue four teenagers aged 14 and 15, in Perpignan.
They would have found a can of gasoline and decided to play with it.
The situation escaped them, and their clothes caught fire.
Two of them did not manage to undress in time to avoid being burned, especially on their arms and legs.
The most seriously affected, in the face, had to be airlifted to the burns department of the Montpellier hospital center.
An investigation to understand the circumstances of this tragedy
The investigation will have to determine the circumstances of the tragedy, in particular how they came into possession of this flammable liquid and the reason why it ignited.
Montpellier
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