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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Evie Townend & Graeme Murray

Boy, 4, left screaming in agony when his foot 'melted like wax' after stepping on sand

A four-year-old boy was left screaming in agony when his foot 'melted like wax' after he stepped on red-hot sand.

Ezekiel Long was rushed to hospital following a step on to boiling hot sand while playing on the beach.

His mum has pleaded with with beach users to ensure beach bonfires and barbecues have been properly extinguished after he needed hospital treatment after suffering burns on his foot.

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