Girl with horrific burns backs fire safety campaign

A TEENAGER who is believed to have survived the worst burn injuries in the world became the face of a Christmas fire safety campaign yesterday.

Dorah Mokoena, 16, survived against all the odds after suffering horrendous burns at the age of six months, when a candle set fire to the shack home she had been left in.

Doctors in South Africa believed she would die of her injuries, and even after she pulled through, she was told she would never walk again and would need to have her eyes removed.