Hero saves human torch boy
`A teenage hero told today of smothering the flames on a nine-year-old boy allegedly set ablaze after another youth doused him in petrol.
A doctor told the rescuer he probably saved the boy’s life, as another 10 seconds ablaze could have proved fatal.
Police said the victim was allegedly set alight by a 13-year-old acquaintance following an argument in the driveway of a home on Cook Avenue, Daceyville, about 5pm yesterday.
The boy suffered serious burns to his back and is in a stable condition.’
