A two-year-old boy from rural Queensland is fighting for his life after he suffered burns to 90 per cent of his body from a fire in his home in Eidsvold.
Little Austin Citterill had surgery yesterday morning at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital after the Tuesday night fire.
Austin went through four hours of operations to remove the dead tissue, and his dad Steven told the Courier Mail they hope their “little fighter” will be able to recover.
“It was touch and go there for a while. The surgeons we spoke to said they’ve never seen burns like that on a child before,” he said.
Austin was in his bedroom when the fire broke out from a candle and destroyed one side of the two-storey house.
Steven was out at the time picking up his brother-in-law from the airport, and his wife Mandy pulled out their other two kids before firefighters went in to save Austin.
The little toddler is expected to stay in hospital to recover.
We’re wishing Austin a speedy recovery.
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