The “Fire Challenge” consists of filming yourself setting yourself on fire, and posting the video on facebook. The American media are worried about possible 3rd degree burns already observed.
After having invented the “Neknomination”, “In the water or a restaurant”, we realize that young people do not lack imagination on social networks. More worryingly, in these new challenges which are sweeping the web, internet users seem to be taking ever more risks for their health. In the United States, they recently launched the brand new “#FireChallenge” challenge. This time, to make themselves known on social networks, and surprise their friends, the young people decided to set themselves on fire. A phenomenon that is growing across the Atlantic, and worries the health authorities.
3rd degree burns have been observed
Indeed, according to the site Answer to everything, in Kansas, doctors and firefighters are worried about this phenomenon, and recall that self-immolation by fire cannot be a game. a skin graft, ”says Dr. Dhaval Bhavsar of the University of Kansas.
He also confirms having already received more than ten burn patients in one week. “People are unaware of the consequences. This goes beyond the joke on Youtube, and sometimes leaves consequences that can be permanent, ”recall the firefighters of the town of Overland Park (Kansas). Conclusion, it seems difficult to take on a dumber challenge than this.
The proof with these images posted on the Facebook account of a young American for whom the challenge has turned out badly.
Young people who start without thinking
Another example of an accident reported by Le Figaro, that of a 15-year-old teenager in Lexington, Ky., who burned his chest in the second degree trying to meet this challenge. “Once the fire was out, it was already starting to blister, it was unbearable,” the teenager testified on American television. Proof of his unconsciousness, when another television channel asks him about the reasons which pushed him to do that, he does not know what to answer: “I do not know, I did not really think. “
The only good news here, according to US media, Facebook has already taken steps to remove the videos from “Fire Challenge”. But as often, the network goes faster than the bans. As indicated The Parisian, a simple research reveals at least four groups sharing videos of these dangerous challenges.
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