Youth celebrating birthday suffers minor burns after snow spray catches fire

MANGALURU: A youth celebrating his birthday, suffered minor burn injuries when his friends released snow spray from cans just as he lit the candle. The injured in Kiran, a resident of Koyyuru in Malebettu, Belthangady taluk.

Karthik prepares to light the candle on the cake and a friend sprays snow on him.

On Monday night, Kiran and his friends gathered near his house and the birthday boy lit a candle placed on a cake which was kept on two-wheeler. As soon as he lit the candle, his friends released the snow spray.

As it is flammable, the snow spray immediately turned into a ball of fire, leaving the birthday boy with minor burn injuries.