EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Police said a teenager who soaked her hair in gasoline to try to kill head lice was critically burned when the gas fumes ignited and set her head ablaze.Jessica Brooks, 18, was last listed in serious condition at the burn unit at University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., following Sunday night's fire at her Evansville apartment.Police said Brooks was in her apartment's bathroom letting her hair soak in gasoline just before a pilot light from a water heater ignited the gas fumes and her hair.<table class="storyAd" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="storyAdObj"> <!-- Begin Ad tag: square--><script type="text/javascript"> IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({ "iframe": false, "addlSz": "", "element": "ad_N640064.2F02", "interstitials": false, "beginDate": "", "endDate": "", "getSect": "yes", "name": "square", "qString": "", "width": "300", "height": "250", "section": "", "useId": "18802390", "interactive": false, "useSameCategory": false, "topic": "", "swSectionRoot": "", "useZone": "", "containerType": "page", "containerID": "99631", "type": "DOM" }); </script><script style="display: none;" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/ibs.ind.news/national;kw=news+square+18802390;comp=false;ad=tru e;pgtype=detail;tile=2;sz=300x250;ord=123568016860 7?"></script><noscript>
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Police said a teenager who soaked her hair in gasoline to try to kill head lice was critically burned when the gas fumes ignited and set her head ablaze.Jessica Brooks, 18, was last listed in serious condition at the burn unit at University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., following Sunday night's fire at her Evansville apartment.Police said Brooks was in her apartment's bathroom letting her hair soak in gasoline just before a pilot light from a water heater ignited the gas fumes and her hair.<table class="storyAd" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="storyAdObj"> <!-- Begin Ad tag: square--><script type="text/javascript"> IBSYS.ad.AdManager.registerPosition({ "iframe": false, "addlSz": "", "element": "ad_N640064.2F02", "interstitials": false, "beginDate": "", "endDate": "", "getSect": "yes", "name": "square", "qString": "", "width": "300", "height": "250", "section": "", "useId": "18802390", "interactive": false, "useSameCategory": false, "topic": "", "swSectionRoot": "", "useZone": "", "containerType": "page", "containerID": "99631", "type": "DOM" }); </script><script style="display: none;" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/ibs.ind.news/national;kw=news+square+18802390;comp=false;ad=tru e;pgtype=detail;tile=2;sz=300x250;ord=123568016860 7?"></script><noscript></noscript><!-- End Ad tag: square--> </td></tr></tbody></table>Brooks' roommate told the Evansville Courier & Press that Brooks was in a medically-induced coma.Brooks and her fiance, Ronald Young, had planned to wed in May. Young suffered burns on his arms trying to extinguish the flames.
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I bet it got rid of the lice. -
Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
18 y.o. w/ lice? gross. and if I had long hair id rather just shave it bald than stink like a grease monkey for 6 months.Texas. Football. All. Day.Comment
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Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
Well, I feel bad for her even if it was a very obvsiouly stupid move on her part.Ohio State - Reds - Bengals - Blackhawks - BullsComment
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Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
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Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
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Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
Did anyone else think this was going to be about a thread on OS?Comment
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Re: Quite possibly the dumbest person I have read about.
You have probably never seen a burn victim then? It really is horrible the agony and healing process they have to go through. A lifetime of being scarred serves her right for a stupid mistake she made at a young age? Sorry I disagreeOhio State - Reds - Bengals - Blackhawks - BullsComment
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