THE FIRE CHALLENGE

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Y'all think I'm kidding when I sometimes use the expression "too stupid to live".

Some young people are taking the fire challenge. They pour alcohol or another flammable liquid on themselves (or have a friend do it) and then they light it on fire.

A 12-year-old girl has become the latest victim of a dangerous new online trend which sees people setting themselves on fire.

Daisy Schumer, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, had to be taken to hospital with burns to her back after taking part in what has been dubbed 'the Fire Challenge'.

The new trend has seen videos posted online of people pouring alcohol over themselves and setting the accelerant on fire.

Earlier this week it was reported that a Kentucky teenager was recovering from second-degree burns after copying the new trend.

The 15-year-old, who declined to be identified for CBS Affiliate WKYT, poured rubbing alcohol over his chest and filmed himself last Friday.

He told the news organisation: 'I just poured alcohol on it, and lit it, and it just automatically went and burst.'

Firefighters arrived at the home of the boy's aunt and took him to hospital for treatment for severe burns on his chest and abdomen.

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