![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-suffers-third-degree-burns-over-half-her-body-after-throwing-petrol-on-fire/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_PAY-Kennedy-News-and-Media-2.jpg&description=WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Elba Hernandez, 44, threw petrol on a bonfire to stoke the flames, however the fire "exploded" and left her with horrific burns on 45 per cent of her bodyElba Hernandez pictured before the horror accident A mum was engulfed in flames and left with horror third-degree burns across half her body after she threw petrol on a bonfire. Elba Hernandez was building a bonfire with her 14-year-old niece Naydelin Medina to try and keep warm while they sat out in the garden on September 28th. The 44-year-old decided to throw on more fuel to try and stoke the flames but the bonfire ' exploded ' leaving her with horrific burns on 45 per cent of her body. The mum-of-two was airlifted to hospital where she was wrapped in bandages, put in an induced coma and hooked up to an oxygen machine due to smoke damage in her lungs. Medics described Elba's survival a 'miracle' and her lungs have finally started to recover so she was woken up last week and rushed into surgery for skin grafts on her arms, legs and stomach, which are healing well. The 44-year-old suffered third degree burns across 45 per cent of her body ( Kennedy News and Media) Elba pictured with her son Marcos and daughter Angeli ( Kennedy News and Media) Naydelin, who had her back to the bonfire, is at home recovering with second-degree burns to her legs and is getting help from a counsellor about what she witnessed. Elba's construction worker husband Marco Hernandez, 50, daughter Angeli Hernandez, 20, and son Marcos Hernandez, 13, are sharing the horrifying story to raise the funds to cover medical bills, which they expect to hit up to $100,000. Angeli, from Pleasantville, New Jersey, US, said: "My mum was trying to make a bonfire in the backyard. Medics described Elba's survival a 'miracle' ( Kennedy News and Media) "They were trying to keep warm in the garden, it was pretty cold. "She was using gasoline to light it. She used too much of it, it was already on and she added more and it exploded. "She){kind=link}
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Elba Hernandez, 44, threw petrol on a bonfire to stoke the flames, however the fire “exploded” and left her with horrific burns on 45 per cent of her body
A mum was engulfed in flames and left with horror third-degree burns across half her body after she threw petrol on a bonfire.
Elba Hernandez was building a bonfire with her 14-year-old niece Naydelin Medina to try and keep warm while they sat out in the garden on September 28th.
The 44-year-old decided to throw on more fuel to try and stoke the flames but the bonfire ‘ exploded ‘ leaving her with horrific burns on 45 per cent of her body.
The mum-of-two was airlifted to hospital where she was wrapped in bandages, put in an induced coma and hooked up to an oxygen machine due to smoke damage in her lungs.