Adorable toddler, three, suffers terrible burns after tabletop fire pit malfunctioned and shot flame

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Adorable toddler, three, suffers terrible burns after tabletop fire pit malfunctioned and shot flames into his face

Daily Mail
By WILKO MARTÍNEZ-CACHERO
6 November 2025



A three–year–old boy suffered 'life–changing' burns when a $15 tabletop fire pit suddenly exploded and shot flames at his face, neck and arms.

Sebastian Reynoso, of Morgan Hill, California, was making s'mores with his family on October 4 when the fire pit malfunctioned, The Mercury News reported.

The toddler has been in the hospital for more than one month with second and third-degree burns on more than 15 percent of his body.

Sebastian underwent skin graft surgery and was also given a tracheostomy because his airway had become severely swollen.

'I don't wish this on anybody, even my worst enemy,' his father, Omar Reynoso, told the outlet.

'It's very hard, especially for a 3–year–old.'

Reynoso had just landed in Phoenix, Arizona, when his wife called him to say that their son had been rushed to the emergency room.

'That was one of the hardest days of my life. Being somewhere else, not knowing what's going on,' he added.

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Sad story.

[mountaineer]

Horrible!

[roamer_1]

A terrible thing.

But a lesson in it. Any fire bigger than a fondue pot don't belong on a table.


Fire pits belong IN the ground. And while you're at it, the grill should be chained so it can't tip over too. And all of it well away from the gathering.

Something is gonna happen. I have been present for a handful of would-have-been disasters in my life. Thankfully, they were never in our midst.

[Sighlass]

Allegedly malfunctioned ... often folks try to refill them while they are hot and you get explosions.

[Smokin Joe]