Drunk man in ill-advised firewalking mishap
Monday, February 18, 2008
A drunk man in Wigan discovered the painful way that firewalking isn't, in fact, terribly easy, as he suffered severely burned feet after trying to walk across a bonfire.
The 23-year-old man had reportedly been drinking with a group of young people, by a bonfire which they had started on playing fields by St Annes Primary School in Wigan.
As is the way of these things, it appears he was dared to walk across the flames. Naturally, he removed his shoes and socks and did so, according to Wigan Today.
He suffered serious burns, including an amount of melted plastic stuck to his skin, probably due to the fact that the bonfire had been built partially out of plastic bread trays.
A spokesperson for the fire service said that his actions 'beggared belief'.
The fire brigade put out the bonfire and called an ambulance to take the man to hospital. An hour later, they were called back out, when the same group started another fire.
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