Texas teen fighting for her life after gas thrown on fire, mother says

Madison Lewis, 17, has had art least four surgeries after someone threw gasoline into a burn barrel during a gathering, her mother said

Texas teen girl suffers burns over 90 percent of body

Madison Lewis' mother said a boy threw a pan filled with gasoline onto a fire, causing the explosion that injured her daughter at a gathering.

A Texas teen sustained burns to 90% of her body during a gathering over the holiday break when a boy threw a pan filled with gasoline onto a fire, her mother said. 

Madison Lewis, 17, remains unresponsive in a Dallas hospital, Fox Dallas reported. 

"There's nothing in the world more that I want and need than for my baby girl to be okay and to live a life. She's 17 years old," said Ericca Hammond, Madison's mother, told th news outlet from her daughter's room at Parkland Hospital.

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Image of Madison Lewis in school colors

Madison Lewis, 17, remains hospitalized after sustaining burns during a gathering of friends, her mother said.  (Family handout)

Lewis was with friends around a burn barrel when a boy threw something inside, Hammond said. 

"I thought it was a cup at first, but now I found out that it was an actual pan full of gasoline into the barrel, and they say that it just exploded and just went in her direction," she said. "It was devastating. Completely burned her whole body."

Lewis, a senior at Jacksboro High School, has had at least four surgeries since. 

Madison Lewis posing in a school sweater

Madison Lewis, 17, has had at least four surgeries.  (Family handout)

"This is the first year since I've been a mom that I didn't wrap one Christmas gift. Not one," said Hammond.

The teen is supposed to graduate this year and go to college, her mother said. Doctors took her off her pain medication on Tuesday to see if she becomes responsive, the news report said. 

Image of Parkland Hospital

Madison Lewis, 17, remains in Parkland Hospital.  (KDFW)

"She's supposed to graduate in May and go to college in August, but she has so much more to do out here," Hammond said. "That's why. I mean, she's a warrior. She is a fighter. That's what we need the most right now is prayers and for her healing and her poor body."

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Authored by Louis Casiano via FoxNews January 2nd 2024