A seven-year-old girl may need surgery after she suffered severe burns to her feet from a red hot barbecue buried in the sand. Simi Adenaike from Mount Pleasant was enjoying quality time with her family at Swansea Bay beach before their fun day turned into a nightmare and she was rushed to hospital.
Young Simi had been playing on the sand with her relatives when she stepped on a patch which, unbeknown to anyone, was covering a disposable barbecue buried at that spot despite there being a number of specialist bins for such waste in the bay. She let out a "horrifying scream," her mum recalled, and was in so much pain she could not even explain what had happened to her at first.
But once her family saw her feet and realised what had happened she was immediately taken to hospital for treatment. Sadly, Simi may now need skin-graft surgery to repair the damage to her feet. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
