8-Year-Old Girl Suffers Burns From Hot Water Spill in Huntington Station

An 8-year-old girl was airlifted to a local hospital after suffering serious burns from spilling a pot of hot water on herself Monday afternoon.

According to the Huntington Community First Aid Squad, the girl was attempting to get an item from a table when she also pulled a pot of hot water onto herself at 4:10 p.m. at an E. 4th Street home, causing second-degree burns on her face and shoulder.

She was treated at the scene with pain medication by Advanced Life Support personnel. She was taken on the HCFAS ambulance to Manor Field where she was airlifted by SCPD medivac helicopter to a local hospital to be treated for her injuries.

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