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Sascha Pare

Teen at Yellowstone suffers severe burns after ground breaks over scalding thermal pond

A sign near Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin warns of dangerous ground.

A teenager hiking off trail at Yellowstone badly burned his foot and ankle on Monday (July 28) after breaking through a thin crust and landing in scalding water.

The incident took place in a thermal area near Lone Star Geyser, a 12-foot-tall (3.6 meters) cone formation southeast of Old Faithful that erupts jets of steam reaching 45 feet (14 m) high.

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