Teen Set on Fire at Bartow Bonfire Near Kingston

A Bartow County teen was set on fire at a Saturday night bonfire outside the city of Kingston, northwest of Cartersville.

The man's girlfriend called authorities to a Reynolds Bridge Road home in Kingston, where he was being treated by emergency medical crews, and said the two had been at a bonfire with a few other people at home off Kingston Highway, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, above.

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She "said everyone was trying to get the fire started and a 9-year-old boy "threw a cup of gasoline onto (the victim) and it ignited, setting him on fire," the report says. "Everyone was able to stop the fire that was burning (him) and (she) took him back to his residence and contacted 911."

The burned man was to be transported via helicopter to a burn unit, according to the report.

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