A Freak Accident
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (84406)
United States
April 24, 2025 9:24am CST
This is about my daughters friends mother.
She was cooking dinner (gas stove) when the sleeve of her shirt touched the flame and set it on fire. In a panic, she started flailing her arm which resulted in the whole sleeve igniting, the right side of her face and her hair being burned.
She was rushed to the hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns and will be facing skin grafts and a pretty long recovery.
I feel so bad for this poor lady and it must be extremely painful.
I don't know what I would have done under the same circumstances but I would hope the I would have just put my arm under the sink and doused it with water. Hopefully it would have resulted in less severe burns.
Goes to show that you never know from day to day (or moment to moment) how fast life can change.
Maybe you could keep this lady in your thoughts and prayers 
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@Ineeddentures (165)
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24 Apr
What a shame for the poor lady.
I had never cooked on a gas stove until 4 years ago when we moved I to the house we are in now.
I used to worry about all sorts of things going wrong whilst I was cooking including that which happened to the lady you are posting about.
I worry about my wife using the gas stove all the time because she wears tops with sleeves all the time.
So far nothing has happened
I think if that happened to me I would be right to the cold tap and get the cold water on it.
So sad something like that happened.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
24 Apr
Hope your wife is very careful if she's cooking with sleeves. I never would have thought about this if this hadn't happened to my daughters friends mother
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
22h
@Ineeddentures i prefer gas over electric stove too. I can sympathize with your wife not being able to stand for long periods. I can't either anymore. She's lucky to have you handle all the cooking
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@Ineeddentures (165)
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24 Apr
@Marilynda1225
She doesn't cook often. So that's a plus - she can't stand for long periods now. So I do most of the cooking.
Cooking on a gas stove is much better in my opinion than electric cooker. But you can't set sleeves on fire with electric cooker.
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@MarieCoyle (43017)
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24 Apr
Oh, my. And burns hurt SO terribly bad! Even on the rare occasion I do get a little cooking burn of some type, I head straight for the sink and the cold, cold water. Poor lady, I hope she isn't in terrible pain.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
7h
@MarieCoyle her prognosis is good but they'll have to do skin grafts.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
24 Apr
They have her on pain meds and it's going to be a pretty long recovery. I agree that those burns much be excruciating
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@MarieCoyle (43017)
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20h
@Marilynda1225
I hope she is getting good pain control. It's hard to heal when you hurt so much.
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@celticeagle (173501)
• Boise, Idaho
23h
Oh, my goodness. How awful! I guess I would probably have done the same thing, but also run to the sink for water. Ugh! Burns must be awful. I will send some positive vibes that way.
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@celticeagle (173501)
• Boise, Idaho
4h
@Marilynda1225 ........Panic is just that. I don't know how I would have reacted but hope I'd go to the sink.
@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
22h
Guess when we panic we don't think clearly. Its such a shame that she didn't run to the sink.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
24 Apr
This certainly was a freak accident and I feel so bad for her. I know she's on a lot of pain and her recovery long. I certainly am going to be e tra careful when I'm cooking since I do have a gas stove
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@LadyDuck (473056)
• Switzerland
12h
@Marilynda1225 - Poor woman I can imagine how much she is in pain. I badly burned the palm of my hand some years ago, I was in pain and it took forever to heal perfectly.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
7h
@LadyDuck I can't even imagine being burned as much as she is. Even the smallest burn is so painful. I pray that she gets better.
@Deepizzaguy (108927)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Apr
I will keep the fire victim in my thoughts and prayers.
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@Deepizzaguy (108927)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19h
@Marilynda1225 You are welcome.
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@allknowing (144302)
• India
25 Apr
Hope she did some first aid One must always keep things for any such eventualities Aloe vera would have helped her a lot.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
22h
I think she got burned too fast so they had to call for an ambulance and rush her to the hospital
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@ARIES1973 (11569)
• Legaspi, Philippines
24 Apr
That's so sad. I pray for her fast recovery. Yes, accidents can happen anytime so we really have to be extra careful.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
22h
Guess when we panic we don't think clearly. I feel bad that she made the situation worse by flailing her arm and causing the fire to spread. She's lucky she didn't set the whole kitchen on fire
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@wolfgirl569 (114900)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Apr
Thinking of her. It would be easy to panic.
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
7h
She's lucky that she didn't set the whole kitchen on fire.
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@RasmaSandra (84225)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Apr
That does sound painful and very scary, I wish her a speedy recovery, I will put in a prayer for her,
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
7h
Thank You. Her prognosis is good but she'll need skin grafts. Sounds awfully painful to me
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@iniaku (2191)
• Indonesia
8h
hope she will recovery soon.
if the same accident ever happen, as your suggest. put your arm under the sink and doused it with water.
somehow i always prepare burn ointment or Use toothpaste for first aid if you get heat or burns that are not serious
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@Marilynda1225 (84406)
• United States
7h
Small burns are very painful so I can't even imagine how much pain this lady is in.
@snowy22315 (188184)
• United States
24 Apr
Poor lady, another reason not to like gas stoves.. I guess the moral of the story is if you catch your sleeve on fire, don't flail around
. I guess the moral of the story is if you catch your sleeve on fire, don't flail around
@franxav (14075)
• India
24 Apr
Sorry to know about the poor lady. Perhaps in a panic she herself aggrevated her situation.
@jefferson126 (3371)
• Shenzhen, China
21h
I sympathize the poor lady,wish she can recover shortly.We must be alert to danger in our life,disaster may happen anytime.Pray for the poor lady.
@2ndchances24 (10313)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
24 Apr
I hope she will recover pretty fast but
with the 2-3 degree burns that's going to take
awhile, my prayers are being sent for her recovery.