Baby burned to death in car seat

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A 5-month-old Newton boy burned to death last August on a glass stove top because a burner was accidentally switched on while the baby sat in his car seat atop the stove, Jasper County authorities announced Thursday.

The stove... for fuck's sake...

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His caretakers had placed the baby in his car seat on top the stove to avoid a dog in the residence, a Newton Police Department news release said.

At some point, the control for the left rear burner was bumped into the on position, which ignited the car seat and led to the baby’s death.

OOPS.

... Idiots.

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ATF technicians recreated the Newton kitchen in a Beltsville, Md., laboratory. Using the same makes and models of stove and car seat, ATF agents determined the knob could have been bumped on by either the placement of the car seat or gentle rocking of the seat, an ATF report released Thursday said.

The ATF also determined that because of the car seat’s placement, it obscured indicator lights and the burner that would have given visual indication the burner was on.

Further tests showed the car seat easily caught fire when exposed to the burner.

“Within five minutes the burner ignited the infant car seat and the … was fully engulfed,” the ATF report said. “The results of the fire recreation were consistent with the information obtained during the investigation.”

What a hideous, hideous way to die...

between this, fryer-chan and backpack-kun i think we're set for delicious children for a while

what next death by ice cream maker

I remember when this initially happened. I can't believe the father got away with no charges. I don't care if it WAS a glass-topped stove, nobody with half an ounce of brains should sit a baby on top of a stove period.

Rabid Badger wrote:

I remember when this initially happened. I can't believe the father got away with no charges. I don't care if it WAS a glass-topped stove, nobody with half an ounce of brains should sit a baby on top of a stove period.

The article says the death was labeled as an "unfortunate accident". Accident caused by dumbassery, more like it. And "unfortunate" doesn't begin to cover it.

SirDixonDongs wrote:

what next death by ice cream maker

You just cursed that into existence.

SirDixonDongs wrote:

what next death by ice cream maker

I'd rather see a death by cotton candy maker. OM NOM NOM NOM

I sort of love how people are "HOLY SHIT! CAR SEATS CATCH FIRE?!?!" They honestly needed a teat to find that out?

Lady Anne wrote:

SirDixonDongs wrote:

what next death by ice cream maker

You just cursed that into existence.

Actually, I bet it's already happened, somewhere.

bleachedblackcat wrote:

I sort of love how people are "HOLY SHIT! CAR SEATS CATCH FIRE?!?!" They honestly needed a teat to find that out?

Actually, if you check the safety tag on a car seat, one of the things it will tell you is that it contains flammable materials and should not be exposed to flame. The fact they have to put a TAG on it to keep people from sitting it on top of the stove to warm baby up is worrisome in a way I prefer not to contemplate, because it suggests the death of common sense.

So they put they're baby on top of a stove and was surprised when he caught fire.

Thanks, Darwin.

Wait...Wait... How quickly did that stove top heat up? Wouldn't it have taken a while with a burning smell before it went *boom*?

Salamas wrote:

Wait...Wait... How quickly did that stove top heat up? Wouldn't it have taken a while with a burning smell before it went *boom*?

It was one of those glass-topped stoves with the coiled filament burners, so I imagine it takes a slight bit longer to heat up. I do, however, think you'd definately smell something burning by the time the kid was on fire enough to sustain serious injury. Unless the dad was drunk, which I've always suspected was the case