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US firefighter lights children’s hands on fire to teach them about poor decision-making

AP, Ferrisburgh | By
Feb 22, 2018 08:21 PM IST

The firefighter told police he was demonstrating the flammability of sanitizer and was attempting to teach the students about poor decision-making.

A Vermont firefighter is charged with lighting his children’s hands on fire in what he told police was an attempt to teach them about poor decision-making.

The children were not injured, but could have been seriously burned.(Shutterstock/Representative image)
The children were not injured, but could have been seriously burned.(Shutterstock/Representative image)

Twenty-eight-year-old Levi Dykema, of Ferrisburgh, is facing three counts of reckless endangerment after police say he covered the hands of his children, ages 5, 7 and 10, with hand sanitizer and ignited it. WCAX-TV reports he is also accused of posting video of the event to social media.

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Dykema, who has pleaded not guilty, told police he was demonstrating the flammability of sanitizer and attempting to teach them about poor decision-making. Police say the children were not injured, but could have been seriously burned.

The Charlotte Select Board says Dykema has been suspended from his position as a volunteer firefighter.

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