Toddler who set himself on fire ‘serious but stable’

A toddler has been seriously injured after accidentally setting himself on fire at his home in Ballymena.

Neighbours believe the boy might have been handling an aerosol close to a lighted candle. It is understood he ran outside with his clothes blazing and was helped by passers-by.

Carol Moody, whose chip shop is close to the toddler’s house in the Larne Rd area, provided buckets of water to help extinguish the flames.