Man arrested after daughter gets burned
Published: March 27, 2008 at 12:48 AM
PAPILLION, Neb., March 27 (UPI) -- A Nebraska man is charged with child neglect after his 4-year old daughter was burned while he was teaching her a fire trick, police said.
Brian Kirby, 26, told police he was showing his daughter how to do a trick with a liquor bottle and lit match when she was accidentally burned, KETV in Omaha reported Wednesday.
The girl reportedly was dropping a lit match into the bottle when a flame burst upward and burned her. She is now in good health and in the care of her mother.
Kirby told authorities he was attempting to teach the child about fire safety when the Saturday incident occurred, KETV reported.
Brian Kirby, 26, told police he was showing his daughter how to do a trick with a liquor bottle and lit match when she was accidentally burned, KETV in Omaha reported Wednesday.
The girl reportedly was dropping a lit match into the bottle when a flame burst upward and burned her. She is now in good health and in the care of her mother.
Kirby told authorities he was attempting to teach the child about fire safety when the Saturday incident occurred, KETV reported.
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