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This new generation of kids have taken their idea of “fun” to an entirely different level.

Instead of Red Light, Green Light or Dodge ball, some teens have wandered into the dangerous realm of playing an online game where they set themselves on fire.

The  New York Daily News reports:

A Kentucky boy who lit himself on fire is the latest self-immolation victim of a new dangerous online phenomenon called the “Fire Challenge.”

The 15-year-old took part of a new phenomenon in which people light themselves on fire, and he admitted he wasn’t thinking of the consequences.

The trend seems to be growing -there are hundreds of videos online of people performing these stunts to various degrees of injury.

It seems the point of the challenge is to spray a small amount of flammable liquid like alcohol or perfume on an area of the body and light it on fire for a few moments.

But in several videos on YouTube, many of the participants appear to be teenagers or younger. Accidents seem to happen if too much liquid is spread or they are unable to extinguish the flame quickly enough.

The Kentucky boy told TV station WKYT that he poured alcohol on his body and a flame burst out.

Firefighters responded and the teen was treated for burn wounds.

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When asked what he thought would happen, he replied, “I don’t know, I wasn’t thinking really.”

He admitted he never saw videos that showed resultant burs on people’s bodies.

“What they don’t show at the end of the videos is the consequences of doing this, getting second and third degree burns,” Lexington Fire Department Captain Chris Harrod told the station.

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(Photo Source: New York Daily News)