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Vassia Barba

'My son set himself on fire in viral stunt and I tried to put flames out with my bare hands'

A horrified mum says her teenage son set himself on fire while trying a viral social media stunt - leaving her trying to stop the flames with her bare hands. 

Dzhyan Crutcher, a 13-year-old boy, suffered severe third-degree burns covering 45 percent of his upper body while imitating a dangerous trick he had seen on social media.

When Tiffany, Dzhyan's 34-year-old mother, had placed candles around their house in preparation for a potential power outage caused by windy weather, Dzhyan attempted the stunt. 

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