A 12-year-old boy who is home-schooled suffered horrific second and third-degree burns to 50 percent of his body after a science experiment went badly wrong. Barrett McKim is recovering in the ICU at the Burn Care Center in Augusta, after he set himself on fire at his home in Highland, , five weeks ago during an experiment utilizing rubbing and Bunsen burner.His mother, Caroline McKim, said she heard a 'loud pop' before Barrett came running out with his 'whole body on fire.'
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