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Daily Mirror
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Fatima Aziz & Laura Sharman

Boy suffers nasty burn after leaning on telegraph pole and scorching his skin

An eight-year-old boy was left with a nasty burn mark after he leant on a telegraph pole and scorched his arm.

Little Jacob was playing outside with his friend when he leant on the wooden telegraph network post which was covered in a brown, glossy substance in Bispham, Blackpool.

His nan Linda Robinson was furious when the youngster came home last weekend complaining of a brown mark on his skin and asked if he could have a shower to wash it off.

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