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Paramedics treated 22 people burnt in 20 accelerant fuelled fires across the state.
The accidents over the past 12-weeks, injured people aged between two and 74.
On Friday, a 13 year-old boy was put into a coma by paramedics after he was burnt using an accelerant to start a fire at Mt Eliza.
Nine of the accidents occurred in two weeks in November.
Air ambulance Intensive care flight paramedic Jason Hunter was called to treat two of those burnt in separate accidents.
‘The predominant injury was flash burns due to the large flame coming back onto the patients and burning the face, head necks, arms and chest.
‘Most have been what we call deep partial-thickness burns which were blistered.
‘The burns are very painful especially in the short term,” Mr Hunter said.
The majority of the accidents involved an accelerant being poured onto a rubbish fire or barbeque.
Three children aged 10, 12 and 13 were hurt in one of four accidents caused by aerosol cans.
Some of the 22 injured suffered burns to their airway, Mr Hunter said.
‘With these flash burns people inhale the flame and a huge amount of heat which results in burns to their airway often affecting the lungs and trachea.
‘These burns can cause a lot of swelling which can restrict the airway so we intubate them which means putting them to sleep and putting a breathing tube into their airway.
‘I’ve encountered people who have died as a result of these type of accidents. I don’t think people realise the full potential of the accidents when they pour petrol onto a large amount of rubbish or wood to get the fire started,’ Mr Hunter said.