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Portland teen hospitalized after being severely burned while imitating TikTok video

By Aron Yohannes, oregonlive.com
Published: May 30, 2021, 5:32pm

PORTLAND – A 13-year-old Portland girl has been hospitalized for more than two weeks after suffering third-degree burns while attempting to imitate a video she saw on the popular social media platform TikTok, her family said.

Destini Crane severely burned her neck and right arm during the May 13 incident and had to undergo three skin-grafting surgeries, her family said. She remains hospitalized in an intensive care unit.

The family told ABC News they are speaking out about the accident to help prevent it from happening to someone else. Destini’s sister, Andrea Crane, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Andrea told ABC News the incident happened in the bathroom of the family’s home. While Destini is unable to speak to tell her family what happened, her sister said they believe the teen was attempting to copy a TikTok challenge where someone uses flammable liquid to draw a shape on a mirror and then lights it on fire.

Andrea told ABC News that Destini went into the bathroom with a candle, lighter and bottle of rubbing alcohol, which they believe exploded and set her and other items on fire. Destini’s phone was still recording a TikTok video when they retrieved it, her mother, Kimberly Crane, told ABC News.

Andrea told ABC News it will likely take several months for her sister to recover and regain use of her arm and mobility in her neck, shoulders and fingers.

The family believes Destini knows she is in the hospital but doesn’t fully comprehend what happened. She is able to open her eyes, but can’t drink or speak, the family said.

The family started a GoFundMe fundraiser with a goal of raising $5,000 to help aid Destini in her recovery. More than $4,100 had been donated as of Sunday afternoon.

In an update on the GoFundMe page Saturday, Andrea said Destini underwent a third successful skin graft surgery this week.

“Hopefully by the end of this weekend she will be transferred into the burn unit and we will be able to get a bigger picture of costs for physical therapy and what the quality of her life the next few months is going to be,” Andrea wrote.

“Thank you all for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and donations,” she added. “We are completely blown away and blessed by the response of the community and could not be more grateful.”

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